Steering Wheel Vibration

Bartruff1 · #1 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 12:27 PM

Well, in a triumph of hope over experience and on the 4th try, the Manager finally balanced my tires and re torqued the pins to 100lbs. You just have to find the guy that can operate the submarine. It might be that he test drove the car before and after, something we would not let the kids do.

BLUE427 · #2 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 01:24 PM

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Originally Posted by Bartruff1

Well, in a triumph of hope over experience and on the 4th try, the Manager finally balanced my tires and re torqued the pins to 100lbs. You just have to find the guy that can operate the submarine. It might be that he test drove the car before and after, something we would not let the kids do.

IS IT FIXED?????????????????????????????????????

Bartruff1 · #3 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 01:31 PM

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IS IT FIXED?????????????????????????????????????

Yes, I think so, will try a variety of speeds and pavements tomorrow. I can live with some feedback from the road (of course) but that constant vibration at 65 + was not something I could put up with...... I was thinking vette....

BLUE427 · #4 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 01:35 PM

Bart,
Would Like To Hear The Results When You Find Out For Sure, I Have The Same Issues And Would Like To Fix It Also. It Is Unbearabe. Thanks For The Reply In Advance.
Blue427

Bartruff1 · #5 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by BLUE427

Bart,
Would Like To Hear The Results When You Find Out For Sure, I Have The Same Issues And Would Like To Fix It Also. It Is Unbearabe. Thanks For The Reply In Advance.
Blue427

Mine is fixed but I feel your pain. Intermitent road feedback is ok, but a constant vibration is as you say " Unbearable ". I started with the least expensive solution ...tires .....then it was wheels and if that didn't work, I was going to go to the front end mechnical parts eg ball joints, tie rods , bushings etc. There is a lot of advice in here, so the problem may be fairly common. If you are satisfied that all four tires are balanced and round etc....have someone check the driving pins....if all else failed I was going to go to rag joints and vibration resistors joints and I still might have a steering damper installed...good luck...

scootter · #6 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 12:03 PM

Gentlemen,
With how new most of your cars are, I highly doubt it is anything other then the tires or wheels. Like I posted earlier, I had to have my front tires BALANCED ON THE CAR. I had zero vibration till I put new tires on my car. And they weren't cheap ones. I put Michelin Pilots on it. Then the vibration started. I took them off three times to have them balanced, road force balanced, check tires and wheels for roundness, etc. Every person said the last guy did them wrong. And every time they still vibrated. After they were done on the car, they are next to perfect.

Scott

ou812545 · #7 (**permalink**) 12-08-2008, 06:21 PM

Scott,
Where did you get your wheels on car balanced here in the Bay Area?

Thanks,
Dan

ou812545 · #8 (**permalink**) 12-08-2008, 06:43 PM

I just purchased a New in the box set of Superformance 15" rims and brought them to Roger Kraus Racing to have them install a new set of GT BB's.

After reading all these "vibrations" posts I sort of made a big deal that I wanted the best possible balance on my new wheels. Especially on the GY BB's.

After a few hours Roger Kraus gave a me a call to tell me that they tested the balance on the bare rims first and that each of the the front rims (without tires) require 4 to 6 ounces of weights just to get the rims balanced. That is a lot of weight...
Let me add that tires, alignment, balancing, and racing with what Roger Kraus specializes in for the past 20 to 25 year. They are good.

He then mentioned that most people blame the tires without checking the rims. this makes sense, but I have not read that on any of the posts on cc yet.

I called the SPF dealer where I purchased the rims from and he said that either the rims are damaged or all the SPF rims would have the same problem as they are all made from the same mold. This does make sense so I'm not sure I'm going to exchange them.

Is that common for New OEM Superformance rims to be so out of balance?

Thanks,
Dan

RedBarchetta · #9 (**permalink**) 07-01-2008, 02:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Bartruff1

...the Manager... re torqued the pins to 100lbs.

Would love to know how exactly he did that without mushrooming any of them in the process?!? 70-80lbs is max. Could be an interesting exercise for you the next time those wheels need to come off.

-Dean #747