hi guys,
quick question
picked up a 172 today
at around 70mph and above I get pretty intense shaking, up through the chassis and steering wheel. The shaking is intermittent so it comes on strong for 4 seconds or so then disappears and then cycles on and off in the same fashion.
Under acceleration I can also hear and sort of feel some grinding from the front of the car. This feels like rotational grinding and pulling away hard in 1st gear its very very noticeable with a loud creaking noise from the lower front corners of the car.
I have rocked the front wheels and the bearings seem fine. I guess this could be a combination of things including the wheels needing balancing but can anyone shed any further light ? Do the drive shafts go on the 172's and are the symptoms similar to what im describing ?
thanks in advance for any help
Rich
edite to say that the handling and suspension of the car is veyr sweet so no probs there and the engine pulls well and the gearbox functions fine with no crunching or popping out of gears etc..
quick question
picked up a 172 today
at around 70mph and above I get pretty intense shaking, up through the chassis and steering wheel. The shaking is intermittent so it comes on strong for 4 seconds or so then disappears and then cycles on and off in the same fashion.
Under acceleration I can also hear and sort of feel some grinding from the front of the car. This feels like rotational grinding and pulling away hard in 1st gear its very very noticeable with a loud creaking noise from the lower front corners of the car.
I have rocked the front wheels and the bearings seem fine. I guess this could be a combination of things including the wheels needing balancing but can anyone shed any further light ? Do the drive shafts go on the 172's and are the symptoms similar to what im describing ?
thanks in advance for any help
Rich
edite to say that the handling and suspension of the car is veyr sweet so no probs there and the engine pulls well and the gearbox functions fine with no crunching or popping out of gears etc..