LCR Steering shudder (not wheel balancing)

[Brucel]

As someone else said in another thread....

This place is great but it doesn't half get you paranoid about your car!!!! Don't worry mate they are no where near as bad as you think...

 

[Brucel]

ok - to add to the list - i have same problem but from 55-65mph. Ever since i got new wheels/tyres.

Had all wheels balanced twice, still do it. I recon its a misshaped tyre too. However, they are brand new, so i don't really want to go through and replace them. Just live with it til they are knackered.

Take it back to where you got the tyres as it was probably damaged while fitting! This happens with large low profile wheels.

 

[jetsetjimbo]

ok - to add to the list - i have same problem but from 55-65mph. Ever since i got new wheels/tyres.

Had all wheels balanced twice, still do it. I recon its a misshaped tyre too. However, they are brand new, so i don't really want to go through and replace them. Just live with it til they are knackered.

Are they Goodyears? If so give them a ring. They are very helpful and will test the tyres and let you know where the fault lies. They'll also pick them up for you from the tyre place.

All for Gratis. If they decide a manufacturing fault is causing the problem they'll replace for free. If not I think they'll just return them to you.

Have you had it laser aligned?

 

[ice maiden]

this happened to one of our company cars...we had the wheels balanced and it still happened.....

so we took it to a place that does digital balancing with print outs....they were miles out, cost a bit more but it was accurate and solved the problem

 

[Scoobers]

this happened to one of our company cars...we had the wheels balanced and it still happened.....

so we took it to a place that does digital balancing with print outs....they were miles out, cost a bit more but it was accurate and solved the problem

Do you remember where it was taken? Or could anone suggest somewhere that can do digital balancing ??

I have to try the Seat route first. Have a few other niggles with them. Seems there is a know problem with back brakes squeeling on the Leons. Mine has started so may aswell get them to look at that too.

Thx

 

[ice maiden]

It was done in Maldon in Essex at a place called supertyres...

 

[jetsetjimbo]

Have a google for 'Hunter Wheel Alignment'.

 

[Scoobers]

It was done in Maldon in Essex at a place called supertyres...

For those interested, here's the link;

http://www.super-tyres.co.uk/

 

[jetsetjimbo]

That's the thing. Quite an impressive piece of kit!

 

[Scoobers]

Busy day but the problem fixed. Took the car to Seat in the morning. No joy. To be fair, all he was able to do was swap the tyres diaginally. Anything else would have to go somewhere else and was chargeable.

Decided to take a drive out to Micheldever in Winchester (Fantastic roads, so long as you stay under 60Mph ). Replaced the 2 back wheels and did the digital balance thing on remaining 2. In the process we discovered the spare was knackered because it had been curbed And one of the alloys has started peeling, on the inside (Was told this could be wear and tear (Its only done 13K miles ).

Called the dealer I bought the car from. The lady who answered the phone was nice enough to lookup the details of my car. Seems the survey they did on the car shows a damaged right front wheel when it arrived??? This is obviously the one in my boot now .

The salesman called back and it seems they are very concerned about the spare wheel and the peeling wheel. I'm to bring the spare back asap for refurb. Once done they will swap for the peeling one and refurb also. Very nice of them indeed.

 

[jetsetjimbo]

Glad to hear that you have it sorted and that the dealer is being so reasonable!

 

[olliep]

i recently got rid of a 54 passat. just a thought but i had a very very simailar problem. changed the front two tyres and it completely cleared up. came back after a month or so at which point they front it was related to the rear axle packing up. worth a butchers