Vibration through steering wheel

Vibration through steering wheel

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Peter-9q2po

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4 posts

79 months

Wednesday 4th October 2017
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Hi,

I've recently had 4 new tyres fitted which I then got replaced as they were out of shape, I got 4 new pirellis fitted by the garage, since then I have a pulsing through the wheel from 20mph that is most intense around 40-50 then around 70mph, I've had it checked by a couple of mechanics that can't find anything obvious, checked all the bushing etc. I've tried rotating the tyres around and using my second set of winter wheels on and it doesn't change the symptoms, I have replaced the front discs and pads. While swapping the wheels around though I did get the vibration to disappear by changing the front right to my spare tyre but when I changed back the symptoms returned so I tried putting the spare back on and it didn't change anything.

The vibration was not there before the tyre change.

can anybody offer any advice as to what it could be as it's driving me to the point I'm going to trade the car and getting a different one.

Peter-9q2po

Original Poster:

4 posts

79 months

Wednesday 4th October 2017
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I had the car jacked up and spun the wheels, also took it back to the garage and they accepted they weren't right.

The problem was there before the new pads and discs, I made sure the hub faces were clean and the slide pins moved freely.

I did have wheel alignment done at the time of fitting the first set of tyres, just on engine wheel was out and they adjusted it, could this possibly cause the issue I'm getting, possibly to much toe in?

Peter-9q2po

Original Poster:

4 posts

79 months

Wednesday 4th October 2017
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Yes, I cleaned the wheel face and the hub before installing the new discs, braking is smoother and better after the new bits. By hub centric do you mean the hub dictates the wheels position rather than tapered bolts if so yes it is.

Peter-9q2po

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4 posts

79 months

Thursday 5th October 2017
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Both wheels are sitting flush, both look to be running true.