Steve
I had worn out A arm bushings that caused a vibration and a slight
loose fell to the steering.
You definitely need to carefully inspect all the front suspension components
for any problems.
It can also be helpful if you have a friend drive next to you and look at
all the wheels at speed when you feel the problem. You might be able to
determine if the tires are bouncing, squirming or vibrating that way.
A friend of mine told me he had a vibration in his Tiger and when I
drove behind him I could see one of his rear tires was squirming; we have
not determined if it is a bad tire, a bent wheel or something other yet.
On the expressway today, I was driving behind a Ford Focus and I
notice the front right tire was bouncing and vibrating. My guess would be
a bad strut and bad tie rod end but it would need an inspection to tell for
sure.
Be sure to drive on different roads, some road surfaces make my Tiger noisy
and some are quiet.
Ron Fraser
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-tigers@Autox.Team.Net [mailto:owner-tigers@Autox.Team.Net] On
Behalf Of Steve Sage
Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 1:14 PM
To: TIGERS@AUTOX.TEAM.NET
Subject: Tiger Suspension Issue
Sunbeamers:
I'm getting some shaking/bumping through the steering wheel at higher
speeds (above 65 mph). This is a relatively new happening. I had the
wheels (Panasports) balanced yesterday and I tightened up the under hood
steering column bracket that was a little loose, but there was no real
improvement, if any.
The odd part of it is the vibration is not steady. It seems to vibrate
in a rythymic pattern. When I accelerate up to 65 and beyond it starts
vibrating and over three or four seconds vibrates more, then lessens and
starts over again with the same pattern.
I can't see anything obvious broken on the front suspension but then I
don't really know what I'd be looking for.
By way of possible clues, I do have a leaky steering rack boot and old
Spax adjustable shocks. I did have to loosen the steering rack a while
back but re-torqued the bolts to factory specs after that. The car
steers perfectly straight down the road. The driver's front side shock
may have an issue with it's adjustment feature, and the shocks "squeak"
a bit when I bounce the car up and down but they don't leak as far as I
can tell.
Has anyone had a fairly sudden issue like this come up with their car
and what should I look for or suspect?
Thanks!
Steve Sage
1966 MK1A
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