steering shaking at 60mph?

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:59 am

i just changed the wheels on my car to 16" RH's and whenever im driving at around 60-70 the steering starts to shake.. when im driving at around 80 or above.. or 50 n below.. it seems perfectly normal. does anyone kno1 what it can be? anyone had similar problem? thanks.

Mike_M · Post by **Mike_M** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 8:03 am

Wheel balancing needed

Luke'sGti · Post by **Luke'sGti** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:54 am

As above, get your wheels balanced

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 10:33 am

i only had my tracking and wheels balanced not long ago.. about 2 weeks ago, but this was on the original gti wheels, so can changing rims make a difference and require wheels balanced?

Luke'sGti · Post by **Luke'sGti** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 11:03 am

Er yes, everytime you change your wheels/tyres they should be balanced. Balancing wheels is where weights are placed on the Rim (on the inside edge). Hopefully this website can explain it to you better

http://www.familycar.com/CarCare/AlignmentBalance.htm

Hope that helps.

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:33 pm

I had similar problems on my old wheels.

If you still have problems after tracking/wheel alignment, it may mean one of your wheels is buckled, which is what i had

Good excuse for me to get new wheels though

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 12:51 pm

thanks for that luke

understand it a bit better now

it seems like the symptoms are of wheel balancing, so i shall be getting that done soon

i dont have spigit rings on though right now, not sure if i should get them done before i put them on?

car is in the garage today though for diagnosis, doesnt seem to start sometimes

think it might be the temperature sensor playing up

lol good excuse for new wheels neil, what wheels are you running now then?

neilGTI · Post by **neilGTI** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:33 pm

I have got some lenso BSX wheels now:

Much better than the old wheels and i can go over 70 without worrying about the "shakes"

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 10:45 pm

they look lovely m8, quite similar to the bbs rms!

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 11:05 pm

Razz wrote:i dont have spigit rings on though right now, not sure if i should get them done before i put them on?

Do the new wheels you've got need spigot rings?

If they do and you're running without them, that would cause problems such as shaking and vibration.

Razz · Post by **Razz** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 12:12 pm

yeah the new wheels do require spigot rings, so i guess that could have an effect on the shaking aswell?

il need to order some spigot rings in, if not then get my wheels balanced[/quote]

Redline · Post by **Redline** » Wed Mar 19, 2008 3:29 pm

Yeah that's the best way of doing it.

Get the spigot rings on, and if it's still doing it then look at balancing.