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| JohnB |
 Apr 24 2006, 09:04 PM
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I've owned three 914's over the last 25 years and all have had the same issue. At some speed between 60 and 70 mph I get the kind of shake you'd get from an unbalanced wheel. Even after having the wheels balanced I always get it and I've had every kind of wheel and tire combination (steel and alloy wheels of every kind, Yoko's, Bridgestones, Michelins, and Vredestein tires, you name it.) I've talked to a few other owners and they report a similar thing.
Is it possible there's an unbalanced half shaft causing the problem or some other thing like an out of round wheel I haven't discovered? Why can't I get the tires to act balanced? The easy fix so far is to either drive lots faster (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) or lots slower (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif) but I'd rather not have the problem. I've also had the alignment checked and at least on my current car all's well except the right wheel camber (or maybe they said caster). They can't get it into spec. The shock mount looks like it's all the way forward and maybe that's part of that problem. ideas? |
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| Hybrid_Teener |
May 2 2006, 09:24 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 20-December 05 From: San Jose, CA/Saskatoon, SK Member No.: 5,301 |
hmm.. there is extensive stuff on this at miata.net, if you want to bastardize yourself to actually go to that site (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)
But basically, clean out your wheels (make sure there's no dirt in there) get 'em rebalanced, and if that doesn't work, have your tires heat-cycled (cause they could be oval instead of circular.) If all that doesn't work, maybe look into how true your wheels are... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer3.gif) good luck! |
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JohnB Wheel balancing Apr 24 2006, 09:04 PM
MEMtheMercifull Same tires on all of the cars ? Bent rims ? Suspen... Apr 24 2006, 09:20 PM Dr Evil I have noticed the same thing in both of my cars i... Apr 24 2006, 09:25 PM brp914 I've had this problem too. One thing I did in... Apr 24 2006, 09:26 PM jim_hoyland I had the same thing and it was the tightness of t... Apr 24 2006, 09:29 PM Bruce Allert A few years back when I had my first 914 I experie... Apr 24 2006, 11:30 PM JohnB Hmm, never thought of the hub nut. I'll have ... Apr 25 2006, 07:04 PM dlo914 the rubber portions on the stock tie rods going ba... Apr 25 2006, 07:27 PM r_towle first, what kind of wheel do you have.
the afterma... Apr 25 2006, 11:36 PM Spoke I have the same problem of unbalanced wheels even ... Apr 26 2006, 08:59 AM jhadler One thing that really helps with non-hubcentric wh... Apr 26 2006, 02:10 PM 1970 Neun vierzehn Years ago, there was a guy that I got to know from... Apr 26 2006, 03:49 PM JohnB I have the OEM wheels (Mahles) on the current car ... May 1 2006, 07:32 PM JohnB Oops, wrong, they're Fuchs. May 1 2006, 07:33 PM dagdal1967 Very interesting reading.. I'm having the same... May 2 2006, 07:54 AM
Demick I've found my 914 to be very sensitive to fron... May 2 2006, 10:24 AM |
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