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v6miggy Senior Member Offline Posts: 890 Gender: Drives: 2000 2.5V6 CDX	Steering wheel wobble. 22. Aug 2011 at 11:51 Have got a steering wheel wobble at 50 mph. I would say it was severe. wobble left to right by about an inch. Also intermittent wobbling under heavy braking. Front discs are a year and a half old, pads are good. The 50mph wobble is when the steering wheel is set dead centre
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freecall666 Senior Member Offline fun for all, get with the program Posts: 656 looking over your shoulder Gender: Drives: 2.0I polar sea blue	Re: Steering wheel wobble. Reply #1 - 22. Aug 2011 at 12:55 steering idler, trakrod ends? balance weight missing? would need to check under the car for excessive movment in rack any were.
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Re: Steering wheel wobble.
Reply #2 - 22. Aug 2011 at 17:05

v6miggy wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 11:51:

Have got a steering wheel wobble at 50 mph. I would say it was severe. wobble left to right by about an inch. Also intermittent wobbling under heavy braking.
Front discs are a year and a half old, pads are good. The 50mph wobble is when the steering wheel is set dead centre Undecided

What freecall says, also, were the disc OE or pattern? There are some crappy/cheap discs about that just don't last ......... because they're cheap Wink

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Agemo Omega Knight Offline Omega 2.5 Turbo Weasel with Auto cogswapper! Posts: 1332 Cleethorpes Gender: Drives: Facelift 2.5 TD Saloon CDX	Re: Steering wheel wobble. Reply #3 - 22. Aug 2011 at 20:24 Might be worth swapping wheels round to see if it is still there.
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rob in gib Senior Member Offline Posts: 529 Gibraltar Gender: Drives: 2.6 saloon (02) auto + (95) toyota 4runner	Re: Steering wheel wobble. Reply #4 - 22. Aug 2011 at 21:12 Agemo wrote on 22. Aug 2011 at 20:24: Might be worth swapping wheels round to see if it is still there. totally agree does sound like a balance issue
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Re: Steering wheel wobble.
Reply #5 - 25. Aug 2011 at 17:39

I had more of annoying wheel wobble which was worse under braking. Changed the discs for genuine ones (quite cheap really), it was better but... Changed all the track rod ends (all four!) and the adjuster in between them, the steering tie rod (the big rod that goes between the track rods) and the steering idler and that cured it! Cost a few bob but worth doing.

Like the man says, you really need to have a look see underneath while someone rocks the steering.

Humpy

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mrgreen Senior Member Offline Posts: 766 Salzburg/austria Gender: Drives: 2.2 facelift caravan	Re: Steering wheel wobble. Reply #6 - 25. Aug 2011 at 20:00 in my opinion it isn't the brakes as it would only wobble under braking generally, i would look at wheel balancing first and then go from there usually track rod ends and so forth give a hint when the car doesn't steer straight anymore, although idler could be a suspect
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cem Omega King Offline Posts: 13920 Ankara/Turkey Gender: Drives: 97 2.5 V6 Manual CD- Clio Sport	Re: Steering wheel wobble. Reply #7 - 25. Aug 2011 at 20:12 wishbones and full geometry check..
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Re: Steering wheel wobble.
Reply #8 - 25. Aug 2011 at 20:26

Have the same on mine but only when braking, i'm getting a set of wish bones with poly's done at the moment just have to drill the old rivits out and fit new ball joints and then start a rebuild ( had a nice man push the old bushes out at work for free

) think i will do the idler and tie rods at the same time with new discs and pads and then off to WIM must free up the adjusters on the back as well.

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