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spunky

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:27 PM Reply With Quote
Help for a mate.

Workmate has an Alfa 147 lusso,
the steering shakes at around 60mph.
He has taken it to an Alfa garage and they have fitted new brake discs and pads, new droplink and bushes on the ARB, new wheel bearings and new shock mounts.

He is £100's out of pocket and the car still shakes.

Any of you guys offer any sugestions, incidently he says he ran over a brick, could this have bent something that can cause a shake?

Thanks in advance

John

steering is striaght and true.

[Edited on 23/10/05 by spunky]





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Project7

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:31 PM Reply With Quote
He could have buckled the wheel, or the wheels might just be out of balance?
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raccoonradar

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:33 PM Reply With Quote
only £100
would start with the simple stuff first like wheel balance, buckled wheel ect, would think they cheched that first ?

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dave1888

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:33 PM Reply With Quote
Thats the first thing i would check get the wheels in to kwik fit or somewhere and get them checked
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spunky

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:36 PM Reply With Quote
hehe thats £100's ie multiples of.

Wheels have all been balanced and new tyres fitted.





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raccoonradar

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:50 PM Reply With Quote
don't send it to kwick fit you come out with 4 new shockers & new brakes all round if you go in for a coffee !!p
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raccoonradar

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:52 PM Reply With Quote
don't send it to kwick fit you come out with 4 new shockers & new brakes all round if you go in for a coffee !!p
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Triton

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:56 PM Reply With Quote
I bet they had been playing cricket then with the exhaust rubbers.....my dad had the very same problem after having new tyres fitted.....turned out to be exhaust rubber in the tyre after a dinner-time cricket match...... was Formula 1 in Kettering by the way......muppets





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ned

posted on 23/10/05 at 05:57 PM Reply With Quote
after brakes, balancing etc bent rim as alredy suggested, wheel bearings or a bent wishbone would be my next guesses..

Ned.





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Triton

posted on 23/10/05 at 06:01 PM Reply With Quote
The muppets balanced the tyre with an exhaust rubber banging around inside, then fitted said wheel to car....old cheese shoots off down the by-pass only to find it tankslaps like a twat....took it back....red faces after old cheese loses the plot and starts swearing very loud when they find the exhaust rubber....they gave him his money back and he kept the tyres....but they will deny it of course





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