Re: update-high speed shaking

["Braden Sayer" <sayerbj@hotmail.com>]

I am really beginning to believe it is a tire/rim problem.  As I said I 
swapped them last night and went for a short drive and it seemed much 
better.  This morning, however, I drove the 25 miles to work at 60-65mph and 
now the steering wheel shake is better, but the back end seems messed up 
with vibration, leading me to believe that messed up wheel, now in the back, 
is doing its thing there.  Guess I will have them balanced and checked for 
roundness as soon as I get the chance.
Brad


>From: "Sal Guzzo" <pellom@yorku.ca>
>To: "Scirocco list" <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>,        "Braden Sayer" 
><sayerbj@hotmail.com>
>Subject: Re: update-high speed shaking
>Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 23:57:00 -0300
>
>Hey Brad,
>
>I was experiencing the same problems.  The car would vehemently shake when
>driving at 120km/h or while braking over 80km/h.  In fact, not only would
>the steering wheel would shake but the brake pedal would vibrate.  I put 
>new
>rotors, and new pads and nada!  Swapped the rear tires up front a viola!
>Problem solved.  Although it hasn't cured the entire problem, I know that
>the tires are fuct and new ones need to be installed.  Also check the
>alignment.  I think that this is also causing my car to somewhat shake.
>
>Sal
>81 Scirocco S (16V to be)
>81 Scirocco (motorless and directionless)
>84 Rabbit (now Gti)
>84 Scirocco Wolfsburg
>67 Peugeot 404
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Braden Sayer" <sayerbj@hotmail.com>
>To: <clubvac@onelist.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
>Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2000 10:02 PM
>Subject: update-high speed shaking
>
>
> > I wrote about the high speed shaking.  Thanks for the input.  My first 
>try
> > was to simply swap front wheels to back.  While doing so I inspected my
>tie
> > rod ends.  Now, the drivers side was rotated at a pretty good angle, and
>not
> > flat down.  Playing with both sides I find that whole rods rotate very
> > easily.  Is this right?  Anyway, I ended up going for another drive and 
>it
> > all seemed much better.  Either something wrong with a front wheel/tire,
>or
> > playing around and leveling out that tie rod end helped a bunch.  Any
> > further insight would be great.  How huge a job is just replacing all my
>tie
> > rods and ball joints, etc?  Think its a project worth doing anyway.
> > Thanks...
> >
> > Brad
> >
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