Got One (but have a problem)

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Hi I'm new to the forum so please excuse me for asking a question straight away . I've just bought a 2001 A2 1.4 SE (private sale), it drove really well on the test drive around some local roads but on the way home on the motorway it started to get a really bad vibration through the steering wheel. I thought that it could be a tracking problem but it seems too bad a shake, could it be a drive shaft if it's so bad? or something else? :confused:

Thanks for any help :D
 
Check the wheels for buckling - ie have they gone egg-shaped?

Take the car in to any tyre fitting place and get them to do a balance for you. This type of problem usually only appears at higher speeds.

Cheers,

Mike
 
Thanks for the reply :) I've checked the wheels and they are all very clean with no curbing at all. So it must be the wheel balance then.
 
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if you get the vibration at 55 to 60mph or their about then it points to the balancing but you can somtimes drive through it

cheers
Robin
 
Kerbing isn't a sign of buckling - this occurs on the inner edge of the rim, as there are no stiffening spokes here.

It is perfectly possible to have all 4 wheels buckled and have no kerbing damage at all - it happened to me with my OE sport wheels!

Cheers,

Mike
 
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