Vibration 60mph
Chap's,
My G seems to have develpoed a serious vibration at about 60mph. Above this speed (Yep she can beat 60!) it lessens. If I put slight pressure on the wheel to the right it also lessens. Tyre pressures are fine and I can find no play in the wheels. The front left tyre is showing wear on its outer egde. If I could find play in the left wheel I'd suspect bearings, but its rock solid and its just passed its MOT. I'll have the Tracking checked tomorrow which is my "hope", but I've also read from a link on this subject that the steering damper can cause a problem at 60mph. Any thoughts?
Grendle
that the steering damper can cause a problem at 60mph. Any thoughts?
Yep that matches the symptoms on my 460.
About £54 for genuine merc. from euro car parts.
Russ
took the words out of my mouth russ, i got mine from ebay germany for roughly same!
cheers simon
it looks like a straight forward job?????
2 bolts / 20mins
Unlike a LR of the same vintage you shouldn't need an angle grinder / big hammer / swear box / bloody knuckles :D :D
Still not sorted this! Europarts did not reply to my e-mail querry :cry: but before I chased them up the G's previous owner told me he had one in his garage :D :D phoned tonight to say he'd put it in the post today :D :D Just in time for the postal strike :evil: :evil: If I ever get it I'll let you know if it did the trick.
Grendle
Part arrived yesterday in a pile of mail :D :D :D
Stripped the old one off last night easy :D :D
Compaired the two :? :? The origonal one is much better than the replcement :shock: :? :oops: :evil: In that order...back to europarts for a new one :cry: :cry:
Moral to story if a jobs worth doing, its worth doing properly once!
the original one on the G was sound? or the original replacement in the previous owners garage was better ?
Sounds like the replacement was worse than the fitted original.
I hear where you're coming from with doing the job once. I once replaced every hydraulic clutch component on a Saab 900 only to find the weld on the pedel was giving up; if I had kept pressing it long enough the pedel would have fallen off :oops: :evil:
The one on the G was better! I was trying to say I should have bought a new part and saved time and effort!
Europarts....I cannot make head nor tail of their web site? You cannot do a search for a G Wagen and they don't seem to answer e-mails. Do they have a phone number?
understand ... the old owners one in his garage was knackered :)
I think my G needs a new damper
Europarts....I cannot make head nor tail of their web site? You cannot do a search for a G Wagen
You will find G's under commercial on the web site
Cheers I'll get on to that
I had a similar vibration in My 1985 300GD at around the 100 km mark and either had to drive through it to 110 km or sit under it at 90 (far easier on the ears!) I too checked wheel balance of the standard steel wheels (with Toyo tyres), wheel alignment etc and still had it. I ordered the 463 damper from Germany but didn't get around to fitting it. While waiting around for it to arrive I fitted a set of BBS Alloys (the ones you see on a lot of early G's) which came with cheap Federal A/T tyres and the the vibration was gone. I expected the wider (15x7) rims and tyres to accentuate it but there is just no sign of it any more. Not sure whether this was a tyre or a wheel issue. Certainly the steel wheel and tyre combination are heavier but they all balanced OK. One of those things I guess but if you have another G owner near you it might be worth trying the changeover of wheels to eliminate the wheels and tyres completely.
FWIW
John
I think what the John was getting to is maybe the steel plies that make up the undertread on your tyres , one of them may have distorted and be causing your imbalance although this is normally more evident at lower speeds than you have mentioned.
I also bought a heavy type steering damper from Ebay and it made my steering much better. I have 18" wheels on.
Regards,
Mike
Johns a genius...I won't even mention the Rugby. I swapped the wheels front to back both sides having checked and found no bulgers or problems with the tyres. Took her out for a run and she did 70+ (that's a first)solid as a rock no vibration. I've swoped my 7j+ alloys with Jeepmadmike for a set of 51/2 Js so I'll be getting shut of the steels and having new tyres all round so should see the back of this problem.
Cheers for the interest chaps.
Grendle
What? I didn't mention the Rugby!
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Thanks for that gentlemen. I'll order the part and it looks like a straight forward job?????
Grendle