Steering Shake Normal?

[9006]

I had to blow off some steam so I was racing down the motorway, it was pretty empty, and I was going... lets just say fast... But I was getting shaking from the steering, It wasn't pulling the steering or violent - it was more like a vibration. Is this normal at high speeds?

Or is this some problem unoticable at normal speeds?

 

[al_typeR]

It sounds to me like the front wheels may be very slightly out of balance. Mine was like that when i bought it. Had yokos on the front and the original bridgestones on the rear and when i went on the first track day with it there was a noticable shake above 90mph. Chucked them on my mates balancing machine (it is good having friends who also have their own garage) and it only needed a few grams adding. I swapped the tyres shortly after though and didnt get to try them again.

 

[Shifty]

As far as I know, once you get nearer to the top speed of a car, it will start to shake. Out of interest, and you might well not have noticed, did the gearstick vibrate lightly too?

 

[9006]

Yeah I heard that having different tyres of different age effects the geometry of the car, I have different tyres on the back than on the front. I never noticed a vibration on the gearstick, I'll have to check that if there's a next time haha.

 

[Leezer]

Sounds like wheel balancing

 

[Griffin]

i jet washed a wheel weight from one of my wheels, it shot off and when straight down the drain. i had it rebalanced the following week as i couldn't go over 60 mph with out it violently shaking.

 

[b3n]

ive also got this, as i bought some new alloys the other and just put them straight on, after about 60mph i do feel abit of shaking in the steering.
but the car is being lowered next week so it will get tracked and balanced then!

 

[Chr15]

This happens to mine too. I've had three sets of tyres (Potz, T1-R and now budget Nangkang NSIIs) and they have all vibrated at anywhere over 100mph - of course only on private roads

I noticed when changing my front pads and discs that the track rod ends are looking a bit tired and the rubber is split. I'm gonna replace them, get the tracking re-aligned and go from there.

 

[TheManth]

I used to have the same issue, Honda said I needed new tyres as the front were approaching legal minimum. After having two new tyres put on the problem went away.