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05-26-2020, 05:05 PM | #1 |
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Steering Wheel Vibration after Spacers
Installed Macht Schnell spacers with my stock 220m wheels. 15 front and 12 rear. I've had a steering wheel vibration over 70mph ever since. I read it could be tires out of balance which I just had done and it didn't help. Should I get an alignment or is there's something else I can do?
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05-26-2020, 05:11 PM | #2 |
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there are literally dozens of threads on this topic.
road force balance the wheels and have them printout or document the amount of run-out on each wheel. Control arms, strut mounts, struts, hub mounting surface, wheel mounting surface, tie rods, sway bar endlinks, etc etc etc YMMV.
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they had a bad batch of spacers that caused vibration. spacers also magnify imbalance or imperfections in the wheel/tire. take the spacers off and if you 100% have zero vibration, the issue is likely the spacers.
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probably warped spacers, sitting not flush with the hub.
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Remove the wheel and make sure the rotor hub surface and wheel hub are absolutely clean before reinstalling, torquing in a star pattern to 88ft-lbs. If vibration is still present, have the wheels roadforce balanced to be 100% sure, as spacers will only exaggerate a pre-existing issue.
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Having wheels roadforce balanced is next. Make sure equipment is up to spec, a number of shops lack basic maintenance on equipment at times.
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