Help!
Over the past year, my steering wheel has developed a wobble.
It tends not to happen at 35 mph, or 70 mph where the steering wheel does not wobble.
It is worst at 40 mph where there is about 1cm of movement left and 1cm right.
It can't be:
The wheel bearings
Brakes
Tracking
Wheel spacers
...as these have all been replaced.
It could be a mis weighted wheel perhaps, or maybe a warped wheel in some way.
The car did have a spin in to a field last summer so i was wondering if it is a wobble being felt in the wheels but coming from the drive shaft, maybe from a lateral shunt or something?
Dont think it would be from anything static like the suspension as the wobble seems to have a harmonic property about it in that it comes and goes at different speeds.
There is also a slight loose feeling in the steering as though there is some play in a bush or fixing somewhere.
I've asked a couple of mechanics that have worked on my car in the past and all that has been suggested is a possible loose drive shaft.
Does anybody have any idea on what this could be, or even better, how best to investigate it? I'm not a mechanic by any stretch of the imagination, but i do grasp anything that is explained to me and pick things up quickly, so if any super mechanic has any ideas then i am all ears !!!
My final attempt would have to be to take it to BMW, but watch all the mods guys, no misadjusting or anything
Please help!
Cheers,
K.
Over the past year, my steering wheel has developed a wobble.
It tends not to happen at 35 mph, or 70 mph where the steering wheel does not wobble.
It is worst at 40 mph where there is about 1cm of movement left and 1cm right.
It can't be:
The wheel bearings
Brakes
Tracking
Wheel spacers
...as these have all been replaced.
It could be a mis weighted wheel perhaps, or maybe a warped wheel in some way.
The car did have a spin in to a field last summer so i was wondering if it is a wobble being felt in the wheels but coming from the drive shaft, maybe from a lateral shunt or something?
Dont think it would be from anything static like the suspension as the wobble seems to have a harmonic property about it in that it comes and goes at different speeds.
There is also a slight loose feeling in the steering as though there is some play in a bush or fixing somewhere.
I've asked a couple of mechanics that have worked on my car in the past and all that has been suggested is a possible loose drive shaft.
Does anybody have any idea on what this could be, or even better, how best to investigate it? I'm not a mechanic by any stretch of the imagination, but i do grasp anything that is explained to me and pick things up quickly, so if any super mechanic has any ideas then i am all ears !!!
My final attempt would have to be to take it to BMW, but watch all the mods guys, no misadjusting or anything
Please help!
Cheers,
K.
