Steering wheel vibrating

jonathan63 · 4th December 2014, 11:56

Has done since I bought the car 35k miles ago.
It has always spoilt the driving pleasure somewhat.

Any ideas what it might be???

rosephus · 4th December 2014, 12:09

could be a number of things!

lower engine mount
hyrdamount
gear box
exhaust hangers
wheel balancing and alignment

whats the symptoms? what vibrates and when?

DMGRS · 4th December 2014, 12:16

I've found the engine mounts are usually the culprit - there's 3:
- Lower engine mount
- Gearbox mount
- Hydramount

Rick-sta · 4th December 2014, 12:19

I also have a vibrations problem which started up last Thursday. Can feel light vibrations up until about 60mph when the vibrations get pretty bad. Steering wheels shaking like crazy. Car was perfectly smooth up until Thursday morning when the vibrating suddenly started.

Took the car in last Friday and had the front wheels rebalanced, as I thought it was one of those. They were slightly out, and both were balanced perfectly. But didn't make a difference at all to the vibrating.

Going to get the rears balanced tomorrow to see if that fixes it but just in case it don't, i'd be interested in the answers on here

Rick

jonathan63 · 4th December 2014, 13:30

Cheers guys.
Should have said before; the SW vibrates all the time, worst when the car is stationary. It sets up quite a hum within the car.
I have changed the bottom engine mount for the Mondeo mount but it made no difference.
Changed the Clutch 5k miles ago but that made no difference either.

rosephus · 4th December 2014, 15:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by jonathan63

Cheers guys.
Should have said before; the SW vibrates all the time, worst when the car is stationary. It sets up quite a hum within the car.
I have changed the bottom engine mount for the Mondeo mount but it made no difference.
Changed the Clutch 5k miles ago but that made no difference either.

Get your hydramount checked.

RogerHeinz57 · 4th December 2014, 16:05

This may be unrelated to this post, but surprised at the changes that came about!
A fellow club member (andy fryer) has always had a steering wheel vibration, and has had many checks to the car done, had new tyres, tracking etc. The vibrations at the steering wheel have now dissapeared altogether after doing a recognised mod. The cooling system on Andys car always showed only a third of the way on the dash guage, no cabin heating and a noiesy agricultural sounding diesel engine. Last weekend fitted DMGRS in line stat. Everything changed for the good! Runs beautifully smooth and no vibrations!
Worth a thought !
John H.

rosephus · 4th December 2014, 17:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by John H

This may be unrelated to this post, but surprised at the changes that came about!
A fellow club member (andy fryer) has always had a steering wheel vibration, and has had many checks to the car done, had new tyres, tracking etc. The vibrations at the steering wheel have now dissapeared altogether after doing a recognised mod. The cooling system on Andys car always showed only a third of the way on the dash guage, no cabin heating and a noiesy agricultural sounding diesel engine. Last weekend fitted DMGRS in line stat. Everything changed for the good! Runs beautifully smooth and no vibrations!
Worth a thought !
John H.

Apart from a non working slow speed fan my cooling system is fine. Dial always hitting 9 o'clock after 5 mins driving.

I doubt its that for me.

jonathan63 · 4th December 2014, 19:49

I fitted an inline stat from the Renault 4 so it isnt that.

How do you check the hydramount?????

albert81 · 4th December 2014, 20:01

Personally gents i give up on that.....
I've changed engine mounts (all 4 from rimmers)
-changed the clutch including DMF (LUK)
-checked the car on t4 and still got that.

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RogerHeinz57 I really should get out more....... A Reasonably Priced Car Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Burton Latimer Posts: 2,530 Thanks: 408 Thanked 1,064 Times in 712 Posts	Vibrations This may be unrelated to this post, but surprised at the changes that came about! A fellow club member (andy fryer) has always had a steering wheel vibration, and has had many checks to the car done, had new tyres, tracking etc. The vibrations at the steering wheel have now dissapeared altogether after doing a recognised mod. The cooling system on Andys car always showed only a third of the way on the dash guage, no cabin heating and a noiesy agricultural sounding diesel engine. Last weekend fitted DMGRS in line stat. Everything changed for the good! Runs beautifully smooth and no vibrations! Worth a thought ! John H.

4th December 2014, 12:09	#2
rosephus Posted a thing or two MG ZT 2.0 CDTi 135+ Join Date: Jan 2014 Location: Manchester Posts: 1,122 Thanks: 480 Thanked 213 Times in 145 Posts	could be a number of things! lower engine mount hyrdamount gear box exhaust hangers wheel balancing and alignment whats the symptoms? what vibrates and when?

4th December 2014, 13:30	#5
jonathan63 This is my second home CDTi Conniosseur SE HLNav Tourer and a Personal Line CDT Conniosseur SE Tourer..for the time being. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cumbria Posts: 3,639 Thanks: 340 Thanked 423 Times in 294 Posts	Cheers guys. Should have said before; the SW vibrates all the time, worst when the car is stationary. It sets up quite a hum within the car. I have changed the bottom engine mount for the Mondeo mount but it made no difference. Changed the Clutch 5k miles ago but that made no difference either.

4th December 2014, 19:49	#9
jonathan63 This is my second home CDTi Conniosseur SE HLNav Tourer and a Personal Line CDT Conniosseur SE Tourer..for the time being. Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Cumbria Posts: 3,639 Thanks: 340 Thanked 423 Times in 294 Posts	I fitted an inline stat from the Renault 4 so it isnt that. How do you check the hydramount?????