Two steering wheel issues
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Two steering wheel issues
1. While driving my steering wheel shakes. Not violently and it doesn't pull. But it shakes that when doin 50+mph I have to hold the wheel tightly to hold it from shaking. I do have aftermarket wheels on my car and thought it was the set I had on the front and that they were out of balance. So When I rotated the tires I figured it would clear up and it hasn't.
2. When stopped if I have the wheel turned more then 50% it shakes so bad you can visibly see it. There is also noise associated with this. I did contact my local MINI Dealer about this and they said I can bring the car in to have it looked at. Gosh taking my car to the Dealer (Dr to me) is horrible.
Any words of wisdom from a fellow Mini owner?
2. When stopped if I have the wheel turned more then 50% it shakes so bad you can visibly see it. There is also noise associated with this. I did contact my local MINI Dealer about this and they said I can bring the car in to have it looked at. Gosh taking my car to the Dealer (Dr to me) is horrible.
Any words of wisdom from a fellow Mini owner?
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Originally Posted by mdsbrain
1. While driving my steering wheel shakes. Not violently and it doesn't pull. But it shakes that when doin 50+mph I have to hold the wheel tightly to hold it from shaking. I do have aftermarket wheels on my car and thought it was the set I had on the front and that they were out of balance. So When I rotated the tires I figured it would clear up and it hasn't.
Any words of wisdom from a fellow Mini owner?
Any words of wisdom from a fellow Mini owner?
on another note...
I had something similar happen to my old car (95 geo prizm) that turned out to be the CV joints going up on the front. My car would be fine under ~40mph, the second you wanted to go any faster the car would shake pretty violently. When I took a look under the car I could see grease that was splattered under the car, near the wheel well, that seemed to indicate that the rubber boot around the CV joint had gotten some holes in it. I ended up selling the car to my friend and his dad (they wanted another cheap little car to use for misc. stuff), they fixed the CV joints and that fixed the problem.
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Well I do have (aluminum) hub centric rings with my wheels. I do still have the original wheels. I have gone ahead and made an appt to get the wheels rebalanced and the alignment checked. If this doesn't correct the wheel shaking at speed I will call my Service advisor. I realize the balancing and alignment has nothing to do with the wheel shaking when the car is stopped.
Thank you all for your comments.
Thank you all for your comments.
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edit: nevermind...didn't read the last post
Do you need or are you using correct hub-centric rings? I experienced similar problem (wheel shake at 50-60mph) that was not attributable to balancing problems which was corrected after I replaced the plastic rings with aluminum (aluminum has tighter tolerance).
Do you need or are you using correct hub-centric rings? I experienced similar problem (wheel shake at 50-60mph) that was not attributable to balancing problems which was corrected after I replaced the plastic rings with aluminum (aluminum has tighter tolerance).
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Well I had my wheels balanced this afternoon. They said they all were very bad. And well, the car drives awesome now!! No wheel shake while driving and it is very solid feeling now (more then usual).
As for the wheel shake when stopped, I haven't experienced it yet. Maybe I was to happy cruising along with my wheel comfortable in my hand.
As for the wheel shake when stopped, I haven't experienced it yet. Maybe I was to happy cruising along with my wheel comfortable in my hand.
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