mariod New Member 16 Member For: 19y Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 29/05/08 06:35 AM Share Posted 29/05/08 06:35 AM hi need some advice,other day was driving home just cruising around 80km, when suddenly the steering starts to vibrate like a shudder but worse.it got so bad the whole car was vibrating.so I pulled over and stoppped.then I took off and was fine for about half an hour then it happen again.when I come to a complete stop it.the vibration stops. any ideas if its transmission,steering or even electrical,thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plj 59 Member 212 Member For: 18y 9m 2d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 29/05/08 06:57 AM Share Posted 29/05/08 06:57 AM I had similar problems but when I braked hard it would go away for a while, ended up being rear discs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dusty turbine Member 90 Member For: 16y 10m 28d Gender: Male Location: Holbrook NSW Posted 29/05/08 07:03 AM Share Posted 29/05/08 07:03 AM Are your wheel nuts tight? Same thing happened to me in a 4X4 and the front wheel was about to fall off. When I rode the brake while driving the shuddering stopped so I thought not big deal. I was wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariod New Member 16 Member For: 19y Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 29/05/08 07:08 AM Author Share Posted 29/05/08 07:08 AM no,its not that, first thing I checked cause just had pads changed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 10m 3d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 29/05/08 07:29 AM Share Posted 29/05/08 07:29 AM Possibly one of the weights was knocked off the rim and it's out of balance? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dule Donating Members 1,180 Member For: 17y 10m 12d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 29/05/08 07:34 AM Share Posted 29/05/08 07:34 AM Wouldn't be that if it was ok after he stopped but then started again. Maybe a bearing that gets REALLY bad wen it heats up ???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariod New Member 16 Member For: 19y Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 07/06/08 12:19 AM Author Share Posted 07/06/08 12:19 AM took car to my local tuner all fixed I think, I havent gone for a decent drive yet.anyway he said it was the spark plugs the regapping wasnt right.so instead of regapping again we put typhoon spark plugs in.put it back on the dyno and she was sweet 248rwkw.(intune did the custom tune before didnt go back cause wasnt happy with customer service last time I had a problem.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariod New Member 16 Member For: 19y Gender: Male Location: nsw Posted 07/06/08 02:54 AM Author Share Posted 07/06/08 02:54 AM took car for drive and all is sweet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sargo Member 107 Member For: 18y 5m 21d Location: Brisneyland Posted 07/06/08 03:29 AM Share Posted 07/06/08 03:29 AM so typhoon spark plugs fixed a vibration in your steering....Am I missing something here? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbotrana Member 2,586 Member For: 21y 10m 29d Gender: Male Posted 07/06/08 01:32 PM Share Posted 07/06/08 01:32 PM You need to get your steering wheel balanced to prevent it happening again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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