My V8 suffered severe intermittent vibration at around 70 mph for the life
of one set of tyres. I found that if I was on a long curve (say left-hand)
the vibration would fade in and out at a certain rate, and when I was on a
long curve the other way it would fade in and out at a much slower rate. I
came to the conclusion that both wheels were unbalanced and 'beating' with
each other. I had them rebalanced several times, both using the centre hole
and the stud holes but it had little effect. I also started locating the
wheels using two Rostyle bolts before fitting and tightening the first two
V8 bolts (they don't have tapers) which did improve things a bit further but
not much. The tyres that came with the car didn't do it, and the 2nd
replacement set don't do it either. I came to the conclusion they were just
c**p tyres.
PaulH.
----- Original Message -----
From: <BONNILA@aol.com>
To: <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 12, 2000 10:16 PM
Subject: Intermittent wire wheel vibration
> I'm having a strange wheel balance problem with the wire wheels on my 68
> MGCGT. At approx 60 mph I get a severe steering wheel vibration which
> normally indicates a a wheel balancing problem. The vibration goes away at
> 70mph. When I decelerate back down to 60mph, the previous vibration is
gone.
> A few minutes later at that speed and the vibration returns.
>
> My local mechanic says that this is more symptomatic of bent rims or an
> improperly secured tire than the wires being out of tune or the wheel
needing
> balancing.
>
> Has anyone had this problem? Any comments?
>
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