Wheel wobble

[Geoff Morritt]

A bit of advice please...The car has had a wheel wobble/vibration at 65-75mph for some time. It didn`t bother me as I tend to use it just round town. I recently had a refurbed set of alloys fitted by a reputable company, who swapped my wheels for theirs. They mentioned that one of mine was buckled and showed it to me. They balanced the replacements and off I went thinking I would have no more wobble, but I do. Presuming the wheels are all balanced, is there anything else that could cause this?
Thanks in advance.

 

[HOGG]

Between 65 and 75 is unbalanced wheels. Maybe a weight fell off or it wasn't done right

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[Buxton2901]

Warped brake disc maybe. Do you get any vibration under braking? Or does it get worse?
Other than that I would be looking at track rod ends, or suspension arms, ball joints etc.
Basically get it in for some diagnosis
Hope you get sorted

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[R0cket]

I have the same thing on mine but slightly fastest. Usually at 70. I had a bent wheel which I paid to have fixed. It still wobbled/vibrated adterwards so I put it on the balancer as it was mega obvious before that it was bent. The bend was gone but not the vibration...

Both fronts were a few grams out so sorted that. Still vibrates. Checked again. A few grams out. Fixed again. Still vibrates lol.

Now I have to do 80 to avoid feeing it. The dash cam keeps thinking I’ve crashed and locks the files constantly haha.

I just had a mot too so don’t think it’s a track rod end else they would of picked it up. They see a 211k car and go looking for things as it must have something wrong with it grrr.

 

[The Jargen]

All my cars have done this I’ve given up trying to fix it

 

[Geoff Morritt]

Warped brake disc maybe. Do you get any vibration under braking? Or does it get worse?
Other than that I would be looking at track rod ends, or suspension arms, ball joints etc.
Basically get it in for some diagnosis
Hope you get sorted

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Thanks for the reply. The discs were replaced recently and when I rotate the wheels there are no tight spots..The car was also recently MOT`d with no advisories, but I will be taking it in to get it rechecked.
Thanks again..

 

[Owyn]

Let us know how you get on as mine does this, I have two sets of wheels (winters and summers) and they both vibrate, they could be as out of balance as each other but that sounds a long shot.

 

[HOGG]

As I've said above. Anything between 65-75mph is wheel balance

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[Owyn]

As I've said above. Anything between 65-75mph is wheel balance

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Or something affecting damping, structural rigidity of the system etc etc.
Wheel balance is absolutely the most likely cause but if that's been fixed it has to be something else.

 

[Cerbera9]

Make sure the hub/wheel faces are clean and no corrosion

 

[forty3]

Buckled wheel
Balancing
Warped brake disc(s)
Wheels not sitting flush on hubs (dirt or corrosion on wheel or hub face)
Using wheel spacers that aren't hubcentric
Uneven tyre wear

I had wobble caused by 2 buckled wheels. This wasn't picked up by a garage (National Tyres) when I took the car to them and asked them to balance the wheels. Another garage found the problem straight away so a second opinion on whether the wheels are properly balanced may be a good idea.