Steering Wheel Shakes at High Speeds

[vsbakkie]

Dear all,

Ill make it quick. Please help. I have a Vs ute with a shaky steeringwheel when i hit the hundreds but nothing in the lower speeds. Do you have any ideas what it may be??

Cheers

VSBakkie

 

[QWK-11E]

wheel alignmen?? balancing?

my old pulsar use to do that at hight speeds

also do u have the same 2 tyres at the front?? sometimes different tyre patterns can cause this

 

[fitzy2005]

most liekly wheel balance, use the Search link above, been answered a fair few times

 

[pimpin_calais]

could possibly be that ur front structs/shockies are worn out. my vs got the shakes at bout 110 but since i got the front shocks done its smooth as.

 

[The1]

one wheel is out of ballance

 

[AnthsVSLexcen]

get a 4 wheel balance and front wheel alignment. mine did the same and aftre i got it balanced and aligned its smooth as

 

[Infus10n]

balance and allign as suggested.

 

[hako]

The cheapest and quickest fix is to simply swap the rear tyres to the front. Front tyres seem to be more affected by suspension faults resulting in the wheel becoming out of balance - at the rear this is not much of a problem because of the solid axle or fixed wheel movement (IRS). Therefore the rears tend not to go out of balance and generally you can fix a wobble/vibration by swapping the front to the back. Takes about an hour of your time with 2 jacks plus you get to check the brake pads etc.

 

[pj]

it's a balance problem, and you only need an alignment if your tyres are not wearing correctly. Don't waste you rmoney if there wearing ok., just the balance.

 

[sixshooter]

Do you have retreads on your ute ?

Hit any gutters ?

If niether of above...then a wheel balance or rotation would be the first step to take.