Suffering from a case of steering wheel wobble when goung 50mph +.
What causes this to happen? Had 2 new front tyres fitted on Thursday, but the wobble started the day before I got new tyres.
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Steering Wheel Wibbly Wobbly
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Re: Steering Wheel Wibbly Wobbly
Sounds like your tracking is out.
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Rim weight has fallen off
get the rim and tyre rebalanced
get the rim and tyre rebalanced
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As above - cured mine although I can never work out why VW didn't fit some kind of steering damper on T25s.
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Getting rebalanced tomorrow. Fingers crossed!
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Re: Steering Wheel Wibbly Wobbly
Well, it turns out the Drivers side upper ball joint has broken which is most likely causing the steering wheel wobble. I need to drive to my mechanic which is abot 12 miles away. Is this safe or am I running the risk of something going badly wrong?
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Well thats one to remember for the next time
Thanks for telling us
I would say your OK to drive it .... carefully
Thanks for telling us
I would say your OK to drive it .... carefully
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Got it to the garage ok. This offending ball joint was only replaced 8 weeks ago as it failed MOT.
Should be under warranty?
Should be under warranty?
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Re: Steering Wheel Wibbly Wobbly
if were talking the suspension upper ball, surely you mean it is slack as in knakered as opposed to broken like snapped 
either way I would want a quality replacement and compensation for the cost of replacing.
who's joint was it
mike
either way I would want a quality replacement and compensation for the cost of replacing.
who's joint was it
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I have a receipt for the work done before and will produce it on completion of the work carried out tomorrow as a reminder. I expect this receipt will start a discussion about matters related to payment.metalmick8y wrote:if were talking the suspension upper ball, surely you mean it is slack as in knakered as opposed to broken like snapped
either way I would want a quality replacement and compensation for the cost of replacing.
who's joint was it
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How succinctly put
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