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I'm sure this has been discussed recently but l have failed to find the thread. Having changed jobs my run to work now involves a lot more motorway and l typically use the Tiv once a week to keep it exercised.
I'm getting vibration at speeds above about 65 and l think it could be one of several things. The easy one being wheel balancing the next being prop shaft or other rotating parts out of balance and the last being that the tyres are out of round the car having had periods of minimal use over the last year or so.
If the last is the case then l guess it's new tyre time. The car has 195/65 r15's fitted, what are considered to be the ones to go for at the moment?
I'm getting vibration at speeds above about 65 and l think it could be one of several things. The easy one being wheel balancing the next being prop shaft or other rotating parts out of balance and the last being that the tyres are out of round the car having had periods of minimal use over the last year or so.
If the last is the case then l guess it's new tyre time. The car has 195/65 r15's fitted, what are considered to be the ones to go for at the moment?
Edited by ATE399J on Saturday 23 August 11:24
Front tyre balancing made a massive difference to our 3000M. Due to some interesting wheel alignment (now sorted) the tyres had worn oddly and it took a lot of weights to get the balance right. When I changed the tyres only a small number of balance weights were needed.
Even so - the initial balance eliminated the vibration. I'd start there - it's the easy and cheap option!
Edit - our 3000M is on 14" Wolfies so I bow to the wisdom of those with Vixen fins! Both wheel balances were done at local garage so should be a fair comparison.
Even so - the initial balance eliminated the vibration. I'd start there - it's the easy and cheap option!
Edit - our 3000M is on 14" Wolfies so I bow to the wisdom of those with Vixen fins! Both wheel balances were done at local garage so should be a fair comparison.
Edited by GadgeS3C on Saturday 23 August 19:06
Be careful with wheel balancing.
We had our 15" finned alloys rebalanced (well known place we've used for years) and it was all wrong because they'd done a dynamic balance instead of static. Ended up with double strips of weights about 6 inches long. Took it to the family garage and it only actually needed a few when statically balanced.
One of our Yokos had gone oval and needed changing too.
But even after all this, we're still getting vibration at around 60-75mph
We had our 15" finned alloys rebalanced (well known place we've used for years) and it was all wrong because they'd done a dynamic balance instead of static. Ended up with double strips of weights about 6 inches long. Took it to the family garage and it only actually needed a few when statically balanced.
One of our Yokos had gone oval and needed changing too.
But even after all this, we're still getting vibration at around 60-75mph
I had my finned alloys balanced dynamically and they have strips of weights all over, but it still suffers vibration at 65 ish. It's something I'd like to solve but am waiting until I rebuild the front suspension this winter and get a full tracking and camber setup done. I think it's a common problems with Vixens / fins.
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