shakey steering at 80mph

[wheatobear]

was on motorway today doing like 80/85mph steering was a little shakey...what could be causing this? got new wheels on so there balanced as far as im aware...anythin else could cause this!?


cheers wheato!

[mcgee9t2]

tracking out
cv joints?

[Bandit127]

What car and wheels? The sweet spot for out of balance vibration on my Mk3 GTi with original wheels was 75-80 mph. I too thought the vibration was so bad it must be a drive shaft or something.

But balancing at a Protyre place sorted it. 

It is also the cheapest place to start...

[justalex81]

probably not balanced correctly. Are you sure you weren't doing 70mph instead of 85?  

[wheatobear]

alright ill start there...and lol no i was doing 85 .... i speed...everyone does!

[Wayne]

If non standard alloys check and make the spiggot rings are fitted all ok.

[Screech16v]

 Check centerbore size make sure spiggot rings are correct if wheels are non standard,are you running non hubcentric spacers?

[wheatobear]

yeah they are non standard.... and only one of my wheels has a spacer on and its not a hubcentric one!

[danny_p]

mine dose this when there out of balance  usally because there full of mud.

tho last time it was beacsuse the tyer pikey balanced them without removeing the mud  then i pressure washed them   ooops

[golfyste]

yeah they are non standard.... and only one of my wheels has a spacer on and its not a hubcentric one!

??
Why does only one wheel have a spacer