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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 09:10 PM
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I have a 2001 uk300 bug eye wen I put my foot down the car wobbles like it's got buckles wheel I changed rare gearbox mount and still no joy it's only wen I got power on if take foot off or apply power slow it don't do it
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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 10:02 PM
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what are your shocks like?
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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 10:17 PM
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loose wheel nuts , buckled wheels - wrong wheel nuts ,, hubcentric spacers not done up tight ? just a few possibles
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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 10:22 PM
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Swap front wheels to back. You won't feel it at the back unless it's really bad, so you can rule out wheels that way.
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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 10:45 PM
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It doesn't sound like the wheels need balancing but if they did it doesn't happen at all speeds, tends to be about 50-60ish that you would feel it the most.
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Old Jul 14, 2014 | 11:09 PM
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Wheel balance or buckling can come and go at various speeds.

I had a buckled wheel that was wobbly as hell at 60mph, but get up to 80 and it was smooth. That's because the wheel spins so fast it "skips" past the flattened/buckled bit. Imagine a car with square wheels, if it goes fast enough.... it can kinda drive. There was a mythbusters and everything.
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Old Jul 15, 2014 | 06:59 AM
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Defo not wheels as they were fine as took them off my old car, it seems fine wen power off put wen push it gear stick moves bk and forward quickly and whole front ends shakes
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Old Jul 15, 2014 | 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Scoobymadessexboy
Defo not wheels as they were fine as took them off my old car, it seems fine wen power off put wen push it gear stick moves bk and forward quickly and whole front ends shakes
Could it not be engine or gbox mounts, what power are you running?
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Originally Posted by Scoobymadessexboy
Defo not wheels as they were fine as took them off my old car, it seems fine wen power off put wen push it gear stick moves bk and forward quickly and whole front ends shakes
Did the problem start when you put these wheels on or was it present before ?
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Old Jul 15, 2014 | 08:54 PM
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It was like it before and changed gear box mount as son as u take power off it stops no matter what speed
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Old Jul 16, 2014 | 09:51 AM
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Worn driveshaft??
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Old Jul 16, 2014 | 09:52 AM
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Poss I have found a bottom ball joint gone would that cause it
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