So, I know we will probably all say wheel balancing.

My steering wheel was vibrating when cruising at 70mph, and as I was just about to have 4 new tyres fitted I thought 'that'll fix it, don't worry !'

However, tyres have been replaced and rebalanced, but vibration remains.

I'm going to mention it to the garage, but just curious if anyone has other ideas as to what could be the cause?

Hi there conanius, I had similar problem on my mk1 vrs and that turned out to be a warped brake disc, took some finding as just assumed the tyre was out of balance like you said. 

I also had a another problem after having a pair of front tyres fitted because they re-tracked it, I had asked them to fit tyres only and NOT to check the tracking as per there free promo at the time, of course what did they do... they checked it, tracked it and then tried to charge for the re-track, take note that it was the checking bit that was free. :peek:  anyway this caused a wheel wobble at 60/70mph onwards when off throttle but on re-applying throttle it would smooth it out, luckily I have kit at home/work to measure tracking an was able to re-sort it myself, cant remember what they had set it at but I ended up running it parallel to 1mm toe in, it was lowered on eibach springs though. 

 

Hope there is something in there that helps you get it sorted, keep us posted when you find the root cause!!!

Thanks for the reply. 

 

This wobble actually started when I last had new fronts on (yes, I have left it for nearly a year) but I never got round to fixing them.

I want to get the super pro anti lift kit bushes before I get the geometry done (so I can get the caster adjusted and actually have some steering feel !!)

As wrighty just said , warped disc

I've just had new Pirelli tyres fitted courtesy of Skoda but since they've been fitted the steering wheel is off centre and it vibrates between 50-70 MPH.

Spoke to the dealer and they want me take my Monte out with their master technician so they can see what the problem is.

The car hasn't even done 3000 mls yet and didn't vibrate before I took it in.

They said the alignment has been 3 times in line with Skoda's recommendations but it's clearly not right.

It's going back in on the 18th to get another look and a drive with the technician.

Simple for them if the alignment is now checked and correct and they are happy the geometry is right, move the steering wheel a couple of degrees.

If they have balanced the wheels badly after putting on tyres, re-balance them again correctly,

or get someone that can to do them.

 

Surely they can get that right. No need to make a meal of a pretty simple job.

None of this is difficult or complicated, how they cope with Advanced Technology must be a concern to someone

that puts in something with fancy, suspension, steering etc..

 

Just ask them straight.

'Do you know what you are doing,  or do you want to put the car into a Professional Alignment Centre with Trained staff.?'

 

george

Just a thought, hit any potholes? I put a dent on the inside of a front which wasn't visible without the car on a ramp or the wheel off. That caused a vibration even with the wheel re-balanced.

Precisely George, that's what I said to them, can I not just drop the car off, give me a courtesy car to get to work and I'll pick mine back up when it's ready.

They said because it's as a result of work they've done to fix things I need to go out with the senior technician so I can show him the problem, I replied if he drives it himself he'll see what the problem is!

Hopefully he'll just take it in and do the necessary adjustments there and then but it's probably going to be a case of we'll need to book it in at a later date.

Like you said, it should be a simple enough job.

It does ride better on the Pirelli's though and it seems to be a bit quieter as well.

Some tyre fitters are really rubbish at wheel balancing, take it to a decent place with less of a "that'll do" attitude.

 

Brake discs is possible, along with bearings / driveshafts etc.

 

A faulty tyre is not impossible either. There's also some technical detail in tyre construction where they are best suited on particular sides of the car, it's on some geeky website somewhere which I've long forgotten the details of but can contribute to vibration / steering pulling etc.

I think the thing that shocked me is it was identical to what I had on the previous tyres, and all 4 have been swapped. 

 

I'll take it back to them to give them a chance to rectify, and we can go from there.

Conanius, if the brake discs are warped, the wheels would usually only wobble/vibrate under braking. That is unless the warp is very very serious. And that could throw the balance out (but it has to be bad for that to happen) and really would constitute disc damage of  quite a big nature. You'd know about it. More likely is the tyre fitters have set the tracking incorrectly. Many outside firms don't have the correct alignment data (factory settings) on their charts which causes them to set the tracking to straight ahead rather than toe in or out to the correct degree. Trust me...I've seen it all. Minor wheel damage to the rim (as has been said) could also be responsible, although I would have thought that would have been picked up by the tyre fitters. May also be damage to other steering parts or a wheel bearing needing adjusting. Sometimes a balance weight on a drive shaft can come off and cause this. It's worth checking. Not all shafts are balanced in this way, but check anyway. It's also conceivable that you have a faulty tyre. It does happen and therefore may not be related to the earlier problem which may well have also been tyre related.

Edited 9 November, 201312 yr by Estate Man