Yeah he balanced the wheels three times on two machines, checked valves etc and swapped them all off one by one to test on road, he was so convinced it was a balancing thing!
I'll keep reporting...
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Yeah he balanced the wheels three times on two machines, checked valves etc and swapped them all off one by one to test on road, he was so convinced it was a balancing thing!
I'll keep reporting...
Update: new lower control arms subdued but didn't eliminate the shudder; rear discs replaced no difference (didn't really expect that to help); wheels were swapped off and it seemed fine on borrowed rims and tyres the but when original wheels/tyres went back on it also seemed fine - What tha? Went ahead with new Cooper LTZs but shudder is still there - double what tha?! That only leaves bearings and steering, both of which are fine according to four different mechanics...
I'd really rather be spending money on mods than maintenance!!
Nice of you to offer,send your money to this moderator before the others put their hands up:cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool::cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart02
Andrew
Haha you have my word that the minute I have a spare dollar...Quote:
Originally Posted by LandyAndy
Stuart.
Ive been sniffing around on gumtree today seeing whats for sale as one does.
Was reading this RRS add,it said its just had the hydro bushes done.Never heard of them before,possibly your issue????
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Andrew
Thanks - do ppl sometimes refer to the control arm bushes as hydro bushes? But I've not seen them done before 43000 kms!Quote:
Originally Posted by LandyAndy
Ours were knackered and were obviously amplifying the shudder but they weren't the root of the problem.
I'd guess yes, hydro short for hydrolastic, as per explanation in this thread (post#7):Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart02
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...trol-arms.html
That does sound like low kms for the control arm bushes.
Scott
Might I suggest an 'on car' wheel balance. This was the only way of reliably balancing my Nissan wheels and Cooper tyres.
Regards
Thanks - how who and where does that?Quote:
Originally Posted by pwillo
My tyre shop had the machine. It's a bit scary, the operator sits on the machine and uses his weight to hold a drive wheel against the side of the wheel to balance whilst it is jacked up. Spins your wheel up to a pretty high speed and gets a reading.
Balances the whole wheel and hub as a unit. Always worked, my model Nissan was apparently notorious for being hard to balance with Cooper tyres.
If the wheel was correctly balanced it means that the problem must be in the hub assembly, go figure. I never found out why, but it just worked.
You may need to ask around a couple of places, it was not a tool they used eyery day.
Regards