Author Topic: Need your help please (Read 3339 times)

carlos318is · « **on:** September 26, 2009, 05:37:18 PM »

Just coming home from a night out and I was having a bit of a play with a Vauxhall caviler

on the M25 got it up to about 85mph and the car started to shake pushed it a bit further up to 105mph and it was so bad my eye balls were jumping out of my head

not long ago I had the wheels balanced so it cant be that

Please peeps throw a idea my way

Choking Hazard · « **Reply #1 on:** September 27, 2009, 08:09:07 PM »

strut inserts...

get bilstein sport

doitover · « **Reply #2 on:** September 27, 2009, 09:43:37 PM »

It could be nearly any piece of rubber in the car as well as the balance not being good or them missing that a tire was out of round.

Can you be any more specific about where the vibration is coming from? Do you feel it through the steering wheel? Is the shifter shaking?

carlos318is · « **Reply #3 on:** October 03, 2009, 02:48:15 PM »

Its the whole car shaking but feels more from the rear its not the wheels as I have had unbalanced wheels and that shakes the steering wheel as I say this is the whole car just had a drive even at 35mph its doing it.

What is feels like is there is a flat spot on the tyre but they are ok

NorCal M42 · « **Reply #4 on:** October 03, 2009, 03:43:00 PM »

Quote from: carlos318is;78983

Just coming home from a night out and I was having a bit of a play with a Vauxhall caviler on the M25 got it up to about 85mph and the car started to shake pushed it a bit further up to 105mph and it was so bad my eye balls were jumping out of my head

not long ago I had the wheels balanced so it cant be that

Please peeps throw a idea my way

Hey Carlos, I had the same problem with my 318is a few month back and it turned out to be the rubber flex disc and driveline support bearing, the flex disc or guibo as some call it, is near the back of the transmission and you can visually inspect it with the car on a lift or up on jack stands. if it has cracks or any nylon strings visible get it fixed quick, they can cause you major headaches if it shears apart. Also if the flex disc looks bad you might want to have the center support bearing replaced also. Either way you can look at the flex disc without paying someone else to tell you its bad. If your car has more than 100k on it you might want to replace them both anyway. hope this helps!

roundel318 · « **Reply #5 on:** October 03, 2009, 08:37:45 PM »

get the guibo fixed if that's it, before it breaks

carlos318is · « **Reply #6 on:** October 04, 2009, 05:45:07 AM »

Well guys it looks like you were right all I can say is holy fuck as at the time I had kids in the back of the car and the other half in front and I was racing at the time :eek:

roundel318 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 04, 2009, 12:54:15 PM »

Nice bulge, get it fixed

xwill112x · « **Reply #8 on:** October 04, 2009, 07:59:24 PM »

good burnout tyres!