buckled alloy?

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tjd200
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Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:25 pm

Vibration (not steering specific) coming in after about 75mph, gets considerably worse up and over 90mph.

Any thoughts much appreciated.



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Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:39 pm

Could be a damaged tyre rather than the wheel.
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Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:42 pm

tyres all look fine, and recently balanced. But i'll give them another check...
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Sat Jul 15, 2006 7:50 pm

perhaps one of the weights has fallen off? or they were incorrectly balanced?
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Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:37 am

could be a lot of things...you will have to get them balanced again to be sure....check all the tyres for damage. a mate had a similar problem and traced it to one tyre that showed no damage but when replaced cured the problem.

if your alloys have relatively few spokes and are pretty thin in the rim department one might be oval from damage as this happened to me a year ago
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Sun Jul 16, 2006 11:58 am

have you hit any potholes recently? it could be incorrectly balanced wheels or buckled or even a worn balljoint/wheelbearing its hard top tell without seeing it
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Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:09 pm

i was hoping the speeds it happened might give some clue - any problems with balance usually show themselves at lower speeds. Agree need to get everything checked, but was guessing buckled due to speed. Either that or something to do with the prop...

thanks for the thoughts
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Sun Jul 16, 2006 2:58 pm

Get the fronts off the ground and spin them. Easy to see if it's buckled. Then change fronts with rears.
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