Steering Vibration

[DaveB]

Hi all,

My series 2 auto has about 160,000 k's on the clock, and recently has developed a strange steering vibration where the steering wheel will sometimes shake very noticeably from side-side when cruising at low speed (~40km/h) around a slight left-hand corner.

I have read about this on the forums before where the issue turned out to be front driveshaft related, however my issue occurs under circumstances where I wouldn't expect the front wheels to be being driven at all.

Anyone have any ideas? I recently fitted some new tierod ends ($50 ebay items), however that was over 3 months ago and I can't feel any play in the steering (although it feels like it wanders a lot on the road sometimes).

[RS4-S]

loose wheel? or check your front castor rods (the bush mainly)

[AAA34T]

hahahahahahaha am going through the same thing right now it only started after i put coilovers in and i thought while i had it all apart i would get the cvs rebooted and checked then put it all back together. The vibration was there after only on left corners so i pulled it all apart again and sent the left cv to be checked again it was ok as we were putting it all back together we noticed the tierod end was a little loose as were doing it tighter we noticed it was stuffed we got it a bit tighter and most of the vibration went away but i have got 2 genuine tierod ends on order $130 should see them on friday. Try tierod ends first.

[kidafa]

First thing id be doing is pulling the front drive shaft and checking if it goes away as its easy to do and could have a bit of 2wd fun while your at it ;-)

[AAA34T]

jack the car up move the wheel see if there is any movement in the bearings and tierod ends and bushes first bet you there is clicking there

[DaveB]

Good suggestions guys; not happy with my new "ebay special" tie rod ends. there is a nasty clunk-clunk when I move the wheels with weight on.

Kidafa I think you're right on it there too cause it feels more like the car is "bouncing" than the steering wheel vibrating. I'll have to get under there and remove the front driveshaft.

Edited June 15, 2011 by DaveB

[DaveB]

Tierod ends were stuffed, unfortunately they had chewed the arm on the hub so bad that I was advised I need new hubs, gotta get under there and see what's going on.

[whitenight27]

yer i had the same prob with my s1, the right tie rod end was worn. So i replaced both of them with genuine nissan 1s cost me 221 and s1 is the same as 34GTR.

i also found out after the front drive shafts stop clicking they start to wobble so i changed both sides.

if its bouncing could be shocks. Is the car lowered?

Mine bounces and its because i have RsR springs in the front with stock shocks so it hits the bump stops.

but coilovers and sway bars are coming soon