Wheel Vibrations Is This Wheel Alignment ?

[mejamj]

when on the motorway doing 100mph the steering wheel and dash will vibrate quite noticeably this then fades as you accelerate above this speed to around 120, However i also have this problem when driving A roads and steering on long bends at around 80 Mph. I don't know if this is the wheel alignment or when the wheel alignment was last done if ever and the car is a 2001 uk300. If anyone could give me a quick response as I'm off the the local wheel alignment centre soon.

Jam

[stuarted]

sounds more like a wheel needing balanced. Alignment/tracking would make the steering heavy or light and produce uneven tyre wear

[scoobysailor]

when on the motorway doing 100mph .

Jam

I'm sure you meant to say on the track...........you never know who's reading the forums!!

[mejamj]

nice one stu saved me a trip to the garage for the wrong thing, think I'll leave it till next week when i go see my folks and go to a trusted local tyre guy.

[phil_g]

I had the same problem, it turned out to be warped front discs.

[marky.t.s]

I'm sure you meant to say on the track...........you never know who's reading the forums!!

i think his brain needs balanced or aligned,nutter!

[jimmyGforce]

I get this all the time. Always thought it was warped discs but it was the pads wearing uneven due to the caliper hanving a tight/seized piston.

So could be that also

[mejamj]

I get this all the time. Always thought it was warped discs but it was the pads wearing uneven due to the caliper hanving a tight/seized piston.

So could be that also

bugger I have the 330mm prodrive discs, pads and calipers. I changed the discs and pads recently as the last set wore terrible, on both sides the inner pad seized and never moved, this meant that the other pad was pushing the disc onto the other side, this meant crap break life and the strength got dire before I could get the brakes as I had to wait 8 weeks from prodrive!! I hoped to cure this by giving the caliper a good blast with the air line and clean all the dust/crap in the pad mount. I haven't had the wheel off yet to see if the pads are wearing smoothly but should do soon as they have had 2 months to wear in and about 800miles, the brakes work a treat however they make a bit of a wuring sound when breaking from speed down to roundabouts for example(is this normal if anyone else has the prodrive pads/discs?). I used to get the rumble before I changed the discs and still have it now. hopefully it's the wheels tho as thats easier/cheaper. will get them looked at tomorro.

[thewelsho]

I get this all the time. Always thought it was warped discs but it was the pads wearing uneven due to the caliper hanving a tight/seized piston.

So could be that also

Yeah, that's only noticeable if your using the brakes. He was getting these symtoms while accelerating from 100 - 120 on the track. Sounds like tyre balancing to me. I get it too at 75 ish

[jimmyGforce]

Yeah, that's only noticeable if your using the brakes. He was getting these symtoms while accelerating from 100 - 120 on the track. Sounds like tyre balancing to me. I get it too at 75 ish

Sounds weird but i get it at those speeds without braking. Went through about 4 sets of pads in 4 months.Was changing discs and pads but tried just pads and problems goes away until a few hard brakes from high speed. Strange. Got 30 pound pads on the now as fed up wasting money. Got recon calipers to go on now though.