[16 inch rims for vRS winter tyres]

hi.i have just fitted 4 new 16" winter tyres to new rims,No probs fits lovely.

[16 inch rims for vRS winter tyres]

Just called my local Skoda dealer to get a price for 16 inch steel wheels, as I was thinking of getting a set to put winter tyres on. Parts guy goes off to speak with technician and comes back telling me that Skoda do not recommend fitting 16 inch steels with winter tyres to vRS and I should use 18 inch tyres on my standard rims. Is this right? Anyone else encountered this? From my reading on the forum I had the impression that 16 inch steels were the right way to go for winter tyres. Is this another case of the dealer not knowing what they're talking about? I haven't checked handbook yet but will do that next.

Sarge.

[Vibration/Shudder - Got everyone baffled....heelllp!]

I have gone through to same symptoms recently and checked all that you did but as the fault starts to become more evident to pick up i becomes more obvious.I was a mechanic 8 years ago before mass flywheel were being used and over the last 2 weeks i have understood what a useless design it is.It will proberly be the mass flywheel get a replacement smf fitted it will be far cheaper.

[Vibration/Shudder - Got everyone baffled....heelllp!]

I'll keep this short and concise, but I'm at a loss what to do next and it's driving me crazy (literally)!!....

56 Octavia MK2 VRs FSH 85,000.

I have a vibration/shudder that frankly is making the car undriveable on the motorway. The vibration can be felt through the whole car and is worse at speed (70+) but definately though the whole range. The steering feels vague - almost like the wheels are loose. It's also worse when the car is loaded with passengers. I can feel the problem at all speeds, probably because I know the car well. The car has gone from a vehicle I felt very confident driving, to not wanting to go over 70. At the moment, I stay in the slow lane around 50!!!!.

It's been to many garages including two dealers and no one can find a fault - that said, no one has taken it on a motorway at speed.

Whats been checked;

- Countless wheel balances - everytime they give difference reading by 10-15 grams, rebalanced many times - no difference

- Tyres changed, wheels rotated - no difference

- Finally wanted to eliminate wheels and found a Hunter Roadforce. One wheel had a slight buckle on inside egde but balanced fine. RoadForce reported all wheels spot on lateral/radial runouts/tyre imperfections..etc - no difference

- 4 wheel alignment on Hunter system - everything spot on!

- Visually inspected (by several garages, including one with a ramp with vibration plates). Everything visible no problems,all bushes, steering components, shocks, springs. Skoda dealer ran safety check - no issues, recently MOT'd - no issues. That said, there's a large cover on the underside which prevents inspection of everything - to my knowledge, no one has taken this off (whats underneath?).

- I began to suspect maybe vibration is from powertrain. Ive read issues regarding the DMF. I do have a slight judder when moving off, and driving through town can be a bit jerky, but the vibration is definately still there when dipping the clutch at speed. I'm assuming this eliminates powertrain, DMF??

- One thing I have noticed is that hitting the brakes sharply at low speed, there's a dull 'clunk' from the near side, somewhere near the footwell? It's also there when going over small bumps again at low speed (this isn't brake pad clunck which everyone seems to be telling me). It has been down several potholes, that frankly I thought had ripped the wheel off (NSF).

Nothing has been taken apart yet - purely visual inspection.

Anyone any advice - this is driving me mad. Anyone recommend someone that knows what they are talking about in the West Midlands?

[DSG and winter driving]

hi.I,ve got a dsg as a taxi and it was ok in the snow last year but i have invested in 4 nice new winter tyres this year so it should be interesting,i will let you know in due course.

[DSG and winter driving]

At the moment I've got a manual vRS CR which was, for want of a better word crap in the snow last year.

I'm fitting winter tyres on it on Friday so should be better this year.

Anyhow the new one comes on Jan with DSG which I'll be then putting the tyres on that.

Question is, is DSG any good in the snow with winter tyres?

On the manual you can use your clutch, set of in second gear even third for traction.

As I have only driven DSG on test drive in dry, can someone tell me how it performs in snowy conditions

Thanks

[mass flywheels]

thanks for all your replies,I,ve managed to locate a replacement smf for my mass flywheel set up for my dsg octavia 2 it is being fitted tomorrow so after much checking application and desiding weather to go for it,watch this space i will let you all know. !!

[Dual Mass Flywheel converted to Single Mass Flywheel]

I have converted several of these DMF's to solids and have as yet to have a problem. All conversions were carried out on cabs.

hi just read your post was one of these conversions carried out on a tdi octavia with a dsg box,please say yes !!!!

[mass flywheels]

hi all,i'm new round here has anyone replaced mass flywheel assy with a smf assy on a dsg octavia 1900 tdi.