cupra R shaking steering wheel
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Hi all,
Have a 54 plate cupra r (bam) anything above 50mph when I put the brakes on the steering wheel starts to shake as soon as I lift off the peddle it stops.
Have done the following:
Any ideas?
Really pissing me off to be honest.
Happy saturday all
Have a 54 plate cupra r (bam) anything above 50mph when I put the brakes on the steering wheel starts to shake as soon as I lift off the peddle it stops.
Have done the following:
- Have new brake discs and pads front and rear
- Wheel balancing (wouldn't be anyway, as doesn't do it all the time only when braking above 50mph)
- brake fluid checked and brakes bled.
- tyre pressure???
Any ideas?
Really pissing me off to be honest.
Happy saturday all
Hi all,
Yes disc surface was cleaned up prior to installing of new disc, you couldve eaten off it!
It's annoying because my discs were expensive 323mm brembos, I got them from a supplier in germany, check authenticity when they arrived so I'm going to struggle to get another set of discs without paying out, assumed brembo was a reputable brand
The car has been driven very calmy since all discs and pads fitted so they could bed in, including brake cycles!
I guess I could try having the brand new discs skimmed.
Annoyed.
Yes disc surface was cleaned up prior to installing of new disc, you couldve eaten off it!
It's annoying because my discs were expensive 323mm brembos, I got them from a supplier in germany, check authenticity when they arrived so I'm going to struggle to get another set of discs without paying out, assumed brembo was a reputable brand
The car has been driven very calmy since all discs and pads fitted so they could bed in, including brake cycles!
I guess I could try having the brand new discs skimmed.
Annoyed.
bigvanfan said:
So you had the wobble before the new discs?, if so I’d say a worn suspension joint or bush
Yep, mistook it for 'warped' discs.Do you think track rod ends? I've had a look at wishbones and they seem very sturdy, but that's when I was led under the car didn't think to look at track rod ends.
No knocking over bumps so ball joints are okay?
Tracking is also out, which I guess would relate to track rod ends?
Hi all,
Just to update this thread as I spent many hours trying to google my exact problem and couldn't find alot so hopefully this will help anyone in the future with the same problem.
Went for a spur of the moment wheel balancing, they pointed out one of my front wheels is slightly buckled, 40 grams later and all the shaking is gone!!
It's a different car for sure!!
Now just to get the wheel straightened out and it will be perfect.
Thanks all for your help
Just to update this thread as I spent many hours trying to google my exact problem and couldn't find alot so hopefully this will help anyone in the future with the same problem.
Went for a spur of the moment wheel balancing, they pointed out one of my front wheels is slightly buckled, 40 grams later and all the shaking is gone!!
It's a different car for sure!!
Now just to get the wheel straightened out and it will be perfect.
Thanks all for your help
aaron_2000 said:
Glad it's sorted, very very good cars. My dad had one brand new, I'm looking for one now. Aged extremely well, high quality interior, alot of car for the money. Not my dads but it was exactly like this, hope you enjoy
Thanks! If you are looking at a prospective one, check the brake discs have been changed recently as the 323mm brake discs are quite expensive for a hatchback (side note always go genuine brembo's!) Check cambelt and waterpump have been carried out, other than that they're like any 1.8T vag, only faster and with better brakes and suspension!
My dad also had a red leon albiet a FR 150bhp.
Eta: I don't have any photos of mine yet, even I've owned it 3 months. Otherwise it would be a case of, any excuse to post
just moved on a edition 35 gti which was replaced by the cupra r.aaron_2000 said:
Thanks for the tips, the brakes were something I remember being especially good. We had what was at the time the new Cupra as a courtesy car in 2007ish while ours was being serviced, didn't feel too much quicker and apparently felt much softer. Was the 225 not just a FWD S3 that cost less and was quite a bit lighter? I know the S3 had some nicer materials in the interior and had the 4WD whether that's a plus or not is selective I guess. What's the steering like on one?
The brakes are spot on! (Especially as I've just replaced all discs and pads when I didn't need too )Never driven a mk2 cupra, but have read that is was a flop compared with the mk1 R.
The audi has 'better' materials and Is Haldex, so when the front wheels slip it transfers power to the back so not 'true' 4WD in a sense.
The seats are nicer in the audi (IMO)
The steering is not the last word in handling but it heavy in a good way.
You drive a ST170? In the way of the ford when you fly into corners and you grip the steering and its dull but heavy, basically like that. Couldn't of chosen a better car for comparison actually
aaron_2000 said:
Funny you mention it, my dad owned the ST170 I own, he replaced it with the Leon which he liked much much more. If ti steers anything like an ST170 then I can see it being a real option to explore. Sorry for hijacking your thread btw
If you're anything like your dad you will enjoy the cupra R no worries about the hijack, this is exactly what car forums were built for!Discombobulate said:
Odd.If it was just balance why would it come on with braking?
Couldn't agree more, I had numerous people telling me (not on here) that it's almost impossible to be balancing or buckled wheel (or both!!) As it only happens when braking, hence the expensive brake change!Still at least they're new and shiny now
Pennypants said:
Hi BAM225, sorry if I shouldn’t be posting this here but I’m unable to message/email you directly until I’ve been registered 24hrs - I think I’m in the process of buying your old GTi (!) and wanted to have a chat about it - Are you able to direct message me on here if possible please?
Thanks in advance,
Penny
Hello, feel free to drop me a line:Thanks in advance,
Penny
Edit: email address removed
Edited by anonymous-user on Thursday 22 February 07:23
XMT said:
Balancing a wheel seems to be a lost art.
Its a fairly simple task but the people doing it just don't seem to give a f
k at all what they are doing.
Tyres and wheels are the only thing contacting you to the road and with that it means they take a complete and utter beating too.
In my experience as I generally have larger size wheels on my cars (optional factory upgrades) they are very prone to being sensetive to even being 1gram out.
It used to be 20 years ago, being 5g out made no difference and a lot of garages you go to still say this!!!
Even a slight kink in an alloy can cause all sorts of issues unless its straightened out or the balancer can pile the weight on top of each other to couter it.
Its a nightmare trying to get a balancer to firstly give the wheel a good spin to check the inside and outside rim for kinks and then more importantly to balance it right.
Glad to you got it sorted in the end.
I now travel over 40 miles away to use a GSP9700 Road force balancer - if I had stupid amounts of money id buy one!!!
Quite right! The tyre shop I go to are very knowledgeable and trustworthy and they recognised the buckle straight away, now. To get it beaten out!!Its a fairly simple task but the people doing it just don't seem to give a f
k at all what they are doing. Tyres and wheels are the only thing contacting you to the road and with that it means they take a complete and utter beating too.
In my experience as I generally have larger size wheels on my cars (optional factory upgrades) they are very prone to being sensetive to even being 1gram out.
It used to be 20 years ago, being 5g out made no difference and a lot of garages you go to still say this!!!
Even a slight kink in an alloy can cause all sorts of issues unless its straightened out or the balancer can pile the weight on top of each other to couter it.
Its a nightmare trying to get a balancer to firstly give the wheel a good spin to check the inside and outside rim for kinks and then more importantly to balance it right.
Glad to you got it sorted in the end.
I now travel over 40 miles away to use a GSP9700 Road force balancer - if I had stupid amounts of money id buy one!!!
Evening all, whilst working out how to get my buckled wheel down to the wheel place, a friend offered me a set of wheels to keep me rolling, fitted all 4 wheels.
Shaking still persists...
So this afternoon we took the brake discs off hubs and cleaned the hubs all up AGAIN, shaking is now sometimes there sometimes not.
Tearing my hair out pistonheads, any ideas?
Shaking still persists...
So this afternoon we took the brake discs off hubs and cleaned the hubs all up AGAIN, shaking is now sometimes there sometimes not.
Tearing my hair out pistonheads, any ideas?
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