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Old 20 September 2017, 07:45 AM
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bit of a weird one, car is a hawk STi.


when travelling at motorway speeds, changing lanes and unloading the front right wheel I get strong vibrations and shaking in the steering wheel.


cant get to a ramp yet, I suspected ball joints but no knocking over bumps etc, any ideas?


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Old 20 September 2017, 12:13 PM
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wheel bearing?
Old 20 September 2017, 03:58 PM
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Do you get a vibration when braking ? Could be a sticky piston or a warped disc
Old 20 September 2017, 03:59 PM
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Or the wheels and tyres unbalanced. I'm going through the same thing at the moment so I've decided to send off my front calipers for a refurb.
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no wheel noise so unlikely to be a bearing.


its fine under braking so that rules out the discs. its bizarre, hammers the steering wheel at speed with only the slightest change of direction.


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Have the wheels balanced and see what happens mate. Could be worn bushes also.
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took the car to RCM, olly went out in it and gave it a going over on the ramp.


no problems with anything found - its doing my head in.


the car is still shaking turning at speed and is doing it over some slow speed stuff now also.


grrr.


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