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Model specific boards => Golf mk2 => Topic started by: forzanerazzurri on 18 July 2004, 21:10

Title: vibrating front end.
Post by: forzanerazzurri on 18 July 2004, 21:10

anyone have a solution for a vibrating front end over 70 mph?  as son as i go past about 70 my dash starts to shakereally badly, i just had a tyre balance done and my shocks seems to be ok.

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: 16v Matt on 18 July 2004, 21:14

Steering rack??

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: Gambit on 19 July 2004, 10:33

if your running aftermarket alloys do they have the spigot rings fitted? the wheel must sit perfect on the hub lip

golf hubs are hubcentric, if it dont sit perfect then you will get vibrating.

if you have all that then look at worn ball joints

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: Len on 19 July 2004, 10:39

Check ur track rod ends. This is an MOT failure point so depends when ur last one was.

Or could even be diveshaft CV joints - this usually only occurs when cornering, coz they knock.

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: Colin on 19 July 2004, 12:41

it might sound daft but are your wheel nuts tight, and do they hold the wheels tight against the hub?
It sounds stupid but i changed my wheels, i was convinced they were done up and started to get a vibration above 70. Everything was checked and checked again until i found the threads in my hubs were rusty and the new bolts had not seated the wheel correctly even though everything was tight.
20 Years an Engineer, and it stumped me !

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: forzanerazzurri on 20 July 2004, 10:07

cv joints, balls joints all fine,  lugs are good. spigot rings fitted?  i dont understand, so this might be the problem?  i have 15" rims on.

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: Gambit on 20 July 2004, 10:44

are they VW/BBS rims or after market alloys?

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: forzanerazzurri on 20 July 2004, 20:14

bbs MODA

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: Redcap on 20 July 2004, 20:48

have you checked the strut bearings?

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: Blue MK2 on 20 July 2004, 20:49

mine does the same so it must have something to do with the CV's and spiggot rings.

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: Gambit on 21 July 2004, 12:20

simple way to check if you need spigot rings

measure the centre bore of the alloy, basically the hole in the centre of the wheel

if its bigger than 57mm then you need spigot rings.

Title: Re:vibrating front end.
Post by: GTI-BOY on 21 July 2004, 13:44

I have the exact same problem!  :)

I jacked up the car and spun the wheels round, looking in from the side I noticed the alloy move upwards then down on every revoloution, they are only new wheels and I know they are not damaged/buckled, when I took off the wheel and tried refitting, I noticed that the spigot was the wrong size, I had to move the wheel slightly to line up the holes with the hub.

Chk the same with your wheels