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Post by MT94 » Tue Aug 15, 2017 8:48 pm

Hi all I have noticed that when I am going at 70 the rear of the car shakes and gets worse as I get faster not that I exceed the speed limit of course 8) does anyone know of a cause or have anything like this happening to their car I haven't had the car long so I'm not sure on when it was last balanced and had tracking done but this feels a bit strong to just be one or both of those things. Any info would be much appreciated.
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Post by buzyg » Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:00 pm

Start with the simple stuff. Get all the wheels checked and balanced.
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Post by firebobby » Tue Aug 15, 2017 9:01 pm

Do you have run flat tyres ?? How old are the tyres, has it been sat for a long time in the same spot ??
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Post by MT94 » Wed Aug 16, 2017 7:52 am

I will get my wheels balenced once I'm back from holiday and as far as I know it could have been sat for a month or so before I bought it and it is still on runflats which look almost new. Hoping this won't be a massively expensive issue that I'll have to deal with already.
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Post by Marlon » Wed Aug 16, 2017 8:19 am

Have the rear springs been replaced? - a weakness on E85/86
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Post by MT94 » Wed Aug 16, 2017 9:39 am

Hi marlon yeah I took all the wheels off for a wheel arch clean and an inspection of the brakes suspension and brake lines two weeks ago thinking I may see something causing it but all seemed ok plus the springs seem in pretty good shape.
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