I've been getting some vibration felt thru the steering wheel and pedals at about 60mph (+/- 5mph) since changing to 17" alloys(2nd hand).

 

Took them to garage to get them balanced and they put them on the Balancing machine. The young lad reckoned that the front drivers side alloy was buckled.

 

He did'nt look like he probbaly knew what he was doing but with the weights removed it was giving a figure of "120".

 

after 5 mins messing around with the weights, he got the figure down to "5" and said he would let it go out like that, but I could find I get vibration.

 

..and sure enough..Im still getting the vibration :(

 

Can alloys that might be bent be repaired to resolve this situation ?

Is it possible that it could be the tyre itself causing the imbalance ?

 

Since its a Pretty rare alloy (17" Stern Split-rim) thats no longer manufactured..replacing just that alloy is an unlikely option. :(

I'm no expert but it can be caused by the tyre (seen it cause a similar problem on a motorbike recently) and if it is the wheel minor damage can be repaired by a specialist (I think).

Hi,

Unless the wheel is busted up pretty bad, it can probably be repaired.

 

Had the same problem on another car and it turned out to be a bad tyre.

If the tyres are the same size, swop front too back, if not try the tyre 1st, old part worn or whatever as that will be easier, and less expensive than having the wheel repaired.

 

Alan...