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Offline forzanerazzurri

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vibrating front end.
« 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.
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Offline 16v Matt

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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #1 on: 18 July 2004, 21:14 »
Steering rack??
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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #2 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
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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #3 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.
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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #4 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 !
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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #5 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.
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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #6 on: 20 July 2004, 10:44 »
are they VW/BBS rims or after market alloys?

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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #7 on: 20 July 2004, 20:14 »
bbs MODA
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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #8 on: 20 July 2004, 20:48 »
have you checked the strut bearings?
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Re:vibrating front end.
« Reply #9 on: 20 July 2004, 20:49 »
mine does the same so it must have something to do with the CV's and spiggot rings.
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