TommyT Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Right, over the last few days, my steering wheel has been twitching alot from left to right. From setting off, it will do it at low speeds until about 40mph. It also only does it when going straight as I can't feel it vibating when turning or stationary. It's only started doing it after the other night when i took it for a trip down the M1 and after that I did hit a pothole at about 50ish but I have done that many times without problems. Checked PS fluid levels and they seem normal and one of the racks is under a year old. Any ideas people as I don't want the steering to pack up on the way to FITP?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rogerthecabbyboy Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 (edited) tracking would be the obvious one, then ball joint or wishbone. just hope you've not buckled a wheel! Edited May 10, 2008 by rogerthecabbyboy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyT Posted May 10, 2008 Author Share Posted May 10, 2008 tracking would be the obvious one, then ball joint or wishbone. just hope you've not buckled a wheel! Would a buckle be visual? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosworth909 Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 bottom arms Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pukkadeal Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 (edited) Would a buckle be visual? Not really Tom ,you could always try swapping the wheels from back to front to see if its still there ,failing that a joint could have given up on a wishbone or even tracking if you found a pothole Edited May 10, 2008 by 1pukkadeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richie_mk5 Posted May 11, 2008 Share Posted May 11, 2008 wishbones i had the same problem Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trig Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 It could be: bottom arm bushestrack rod endstyresbottom armbottom ball jointbuckled wheelsteering rodARB bushes..... Do as Steve suggested, try the back wheel on the front, while youhave the wheel off, check for any damage on the tyre (twists, deformaties). With the fine back wheel now on the front, if it still does it, look towards a suspension/steering component, if it doesnt do it, take you wheel for balaancing, tell the machine operator to look for any sort of buckle on the wheel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyT Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 It could be: bottom arm bushestrack rod endstyresbottom armbottom ball jointbuckled wheelsteering rodARB bushes..... Do as Steve suggested, try the back wheel on the front, while youhave the wheel off, check for any damage on the tyre (twists, deformaties). With the fine back wheel now on the front, if it still does it, look towards a suspension/steering component, if it doesnt do it, take you wheel for balaancing, tell the machine operator to look for any sort of buckle on the wheel. Cheers Trig The tyre pressure was quite low when I hit the pothole so will swap them over to see if if is a suspected buckled wheel. Just out of curiosity, how dangerous is it to drive on a buckled wheeen temporarily as i have no way of fixing it before FITP!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1pukkadeal Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 (edited) Its not dangerous if on the rear Tom but on the front any vibration is not good for the steering side of things ,just play it safe swap the wheels first and see if its still there ,then go from there Edited May 12, 2008 by 1pukkadeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyT Posted May 12, 2008 Author Share Posted May 12, 2008 Its not dangerous if on the rear Tom but on the front any vibration is not good for the steering side of things ,just play it safe swap the wheels first and see if its still there ,then go from there Cheers mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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