182 Tyre munching issue..

[lee182RS]

I had an off last year in the snow, hit the front right against a kerb, soon after i got a lot of vibration through the steering wheel at 60+ mph, a couple of weeks later it disapeared.. and the steering went loose and jiggly over a period of time.
About a month ago i got two new Hancook v12's on the front, after a visit to BTM yesterday, they are scrap.. the inside front edges have worn like crazy, so i had four new tyres put on and the tracking done, this has taken away the loose steering feeling but again, at 60 mph i get vibration through the steering wheel, obviously after time this screws my tracking up and eats my tyres.. so something on the front right is bent, but whats it likely to be? and can it be found before i spend a shitload replacing part after part..?

 

[PP200t]

Could it be balancing?

 

[Fred@BTM]

they were fitted and balanced by protyre yesterday, did i spot they used hammer on weights lee or did i make that up?

 

[Gt rob]

were they fine balanced?

 

[lee182RS]

they were fitted and balanced by protyre yesterday, did i spot they used hammer on weights lee or did i make that up?

I didnt notice to be honest Fred, i am sure the minor off i had is causing the vibration though, maybe a bearing or something is slightly bent..

 

[olliewebbuk]

Ball joints damaged/worn?

 

[lee182RS]

Ball joints damaged/worn?

I think these have been roughly checked, i switched the tyres from front to back and still have the vibration..

 

[mestew87]

After your crash did you check the car over or get some one to check the car over ?

 

[Harg88]

Use to work on clio race cars,
Have you checked your wishbone / anti rollbar. could cause a corner to be out. if it vibrating though and the wheels are balanced it sounds like a bearing issue.

does the car make and noises when moving from one full lock to another?

 

[lee182RS]

It makes a noise like i'm driving on fresh snow, if that makes sense?

 

[lee182RS]

Okay... new lower arm/ball joint, bearing, driveshaft, track rod end, wheels balanced, alignment done (again).. still getting vibration..

 

[Gt rob]

like i said, were the wheels fine balanced?

out of shape tyres?

 

[lee182RS]

No fine balancing, but its quite a vibration.. it happened before the new tyres were fitted also.

 

[bengtt5]

bent strut , bent subframe ,buckled wheel

 

[Fred@BTM]

its caused me to start drinking again this car! apart from the wheel balancing (120grams on one wheel) there's sod all wrong with it!

 

[bengtt5]

120 is way to much try having the tyre turned 180 degrees on the rim
a bent shock could cause the wear has it been put on a hunter tracking machine that can check camber toe castor etc

 

[lee182RS]

It went on a laser alignment system today, whatever brand Pro Tyre use.. i think you should start a loyalty scheme Fred! BTM points FTW!

I'll scan the print out (after/corrected) if anyone wants a butchers..

 

[bengtt5]

did you see what the gauges looked like

 

[lee182RS]

I look at the screen while he was doing it, nothing was massively out.

 

[Gt rob]

sell it and buy somthing else

 

[bengtt5]

get the printout up

 

[bengtt5]

also check how your wheels are siting in the arches by seeing how many fingers you can fit in between the tyre and the wing on one side and then the same place on the other side

 

[Fred@BTM]

did you see what the gauges looked like

Proalign/Hunter Hawkeye, there's something wrong with the car but we've changed pretty much everything!

 

[bengtt5]

bent subframe

 

[Fred@BTM]

causing a vibration?

 

[lee182RS]

Here's the latest print out, for some reason the car feels nowhere near as good as the first alignment, the 'weighty' feel seems to have gone, yet the setup seems pretty much identical..

 

[SkidMarx]

Have you checked the diff?

 

[bengtt5]

they havent checked the front camber for a start hence why the boxes are grey

 

[jack_davey]

You may have bent the hub flange get a dial test indicator on it

 

[DrR]

Did you get that done at demon tweeks?

 

[bengtt5]

also get some rear camber shims to sort the back out