A different shudder

**Stuart02** · 27th September 2015, 06:55 PM

Shuddering coming through the steering wheel, increasing with speed from 80 to visible wheel shake and most unpleasant at 100 kmh, but wheel balance and rotation didn't fix it. What else could it be??

We're supposed to be throwing the trailer on and heading off camping on Friday for Dan Andrews' long weekend, but really don't want to drive it in its current state.

Thank you

DiscoMick · 27th September 2015, 07:07 PM

Are your tyres standard? Even if balanced larger tyres can be hard to get right. How's your steering damper?

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**justinc** · 27th September 2015, 07:18 PM

Has anyone checked tie rod ends? And a wheel balance may not pick up a bubble or irregularity in a tyre. Go outside and run your hands around the tread of both front tyres.

Jc

**Stuart02** · 27th September 2015, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by DiscoMick

Are your tyres standard? Even if balanced larger tyres can be hard to get right. How's your steering damper?

Yeah standard size but they are 275/40/20. Nothing much left to the imagination!
I'll check out the damper, thanks.

**Stuart02** · 27th September 2015, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by justinc

Has anyone checked tie rod ends? And a wheel balance may not pick up a bubble or irregularity in a tyre. Go outside and run your hands around the tread of both front tyres.

Jc

Thanks, I couldn't spot anything on the tyres, sounds like I need the front end properly gone over.

**justinc** · 27th September 2015, 08:05 PM

No steering damper on d3/4

Jc

**LandyAndy** · 27th September 2015, 08:15 PM

There have been posts in the past about loose steering racks on D3s.Worth looking at.Get somebody to steer it whilst looking underneath,it should be obvious if the rack is loose.
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Andrew

**Redback** · 28th September 2015, 06:49 AM

Also check to make sure your front diff support is not loose, I had mine come loose, actually one of the bolts was completely gone, also check the steering arm.

**Stuart02** · 30th September 2015, 09:41 AM

Mechanic swears everything in the front end is tight, and is positive it's not anything gearbox or back as the steering wheel wobbles rather than just shakes. I was under the impression in the past that problems in the rear of all wheel drives could cause steering wheel wobble but I don't know much.

There's no rumble like you might expect with a wheel bearing, though if I use my paranoid imagination enough there is a bit of low speed harshness transmitting through the steering wheel.

I think he's now looking at front drive shafts, CVs etc...

**Redback** · 30th September 2015, 11:19 AM

I'd be looking at the tyres again, get them checked for out of round, a wheel bearing normally give a vibration, not a wobble, loose suspension parts, out of round or incorrectly balanced tyres give a wobble.

What about the steering knuckle/box and the end of the steering shaft, has that been checked.

This is a long shot, but are all the rims flat/flush against the hub and centered?

I remember that someone posted that their axle shaft had been loose, the centre nut was loose apparently, might wanna look at that also.

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