Re: high speed shaking

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

Well took the car to have the wheels balanced, and they showed me how one of 
the wheel was pretty bent, didn't look to good spinning on the machine at 
all!  Well, I moved that one to the back, and they balanced it outthe best 
they could.  The shaking in the steering wheel is pretty much gone, but now 
I can feel the back is not quite right starting at about 60 mph.  Overall 
its realy not all that bad anymore.  Anyone with a spare 15X6.5 BBS wheel 
let me know.  I will have to find a pic, so you can see exactly which model 
it is.  Thanks for all the input...
Brad


>From: Jorel <jorel140@yahoo.com>
>To: Braden Sayer <sayerbj@hotmail.com>
>CC: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: high speed shaking
>Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 06:20:48 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>--- Braden Sayer <sayerbj@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Recently I noticed my car not driving so smoothly at
> > highway speeds.  It
> > runs fine, engine is great, but there seems to be a
> > great vibration starting
> > around 55-60mph, steering wheel kinda goes back and
> > forth real fast about an
> > inch, and I can feel the whole car vibrate and
> > shake. Now, the car will go
> > straight as an arrow if I let go of the wheel (rules
> > out alignment?)and the
> > tires are all good, and properly inflated.  I
> > understand that as things wear
> > (bushings, ball joints, shocks, etc.) it will cause
> > these things, but could
> > anyone give me the first thing to look for as I have
> > only the time and money
> > to replace the important parts first? At low speeds
> > the car is smooth and
> > fine, but once I speed up its becoming a real drag
> > to drive fst to work, and
> > it seems to be getting worse every day.  One thing I
> > noticed sitting in
> > traffic and slowly rolling down a small hill, was a
> > small shake/jolt seemily
> > timed with the rotation of the wheels.  Could it be
> > a beant rim?What is the
> > most common cause of these symptoms? Thanks...
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > ___________________________________
> > 1985 8V Scirocco
> > sayerbj@hotmail.com
> > http://www.frontiernet.net/~sayer9
>
>
>The possible causes could be improper tire pressure
>(which you already checked), tires out of balance (I
>would check this first if you haven't already), loose
>wheel bearings, maybe bent front end components or bad
>front end alignment. It could be in the steering, and
>that might mean you have some loose parts, or parts
>that are worn and in need of replacement. The last
>sounds good to me because you say the car is running
>straight. A bent rim might also be indicated, but I
>would be amazed if this would not cause the car to
>veer when you let go of the wheel. Actually, I am
>amazed the car is running straight at all if it really
>vibrates as bad as you say. How fast were you driving
>when you made this test?
>
>I had a similar problem with an 84 8v I once owned.
>That car had a bent a-arm. I replaced that and the
>problem went away. The big difference is this car
>pulled to the left with that bent piece...
>
>Jorel Jackson
>
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