marcoes300

hi guys , my sterring wheel shaking ( w/o making noise) around 100-120 km/h. what do you think is causing that ? i cheked my rims and everythings ok ... i don't want to have a accident if something in the direction broke.

is it comon trouble for a 98 es 300 ( 160 k kilo) ?

tanks guys

imherenow

alingment?

marcoes300

can cause that ?

BDSL

Check: alignment, wheel balancing.

LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

steering wheel vibrating is usually your wheels not being properly balanced or off balanced. bring it to a tire shop and have them rebalance them.

decypher

^Wheel balancing is where I'd start but it could be something like a seized brake caliper, warped rotors, out-of-round tires (if the car sat without moving for a long period of time).

donbryce

My vote is wheel(s) out of balance. Especially if you have weights that are stuck on the inside of the rim, as opposed to the ones that crimp on the outside. Either way, look closely for spot that is 'cleaner' than the surrounding part, where a weight has fallen off.
I knocked one off the inside while changing to summer rims just last week. Luckily I noticed and cemented the 2 weights back on. I'd be into the wheel shop next fall otherwise, paying for an expensive re-balance all round, since they'd have no way of telling which one(s) were off.
BTW, if your steering wheel is shaking, it's likely one or both of the fronts. If it was the rear, it often shows up as a vibration in the brake pedal.

marcoes300

tanks guys for all your comment , very helpfull , a other thing is when i brake , the car brake but like not normally more like doing ''wave'' do this is due to the unbalancement of my rims ?

imherenow

well have the car get alingment,balanced ..and while they are at it ask them to have a look at the brakes pads and rotors. once they fix it then hopefully you wont be worried hehe

marcoes300

ok guys im coming back from my garage and they told me it was a brake probleme cause my front left brake was always on ... 435 to fix both side they changed ( idk how to say in english etrier de frein) and they trimmed my front disk ( bought 3 weeks ago -__-) cause with the brake on , they overheated .


but idk what caused that

imherenow

soo do u get the same problem again???

BDSL

The left front brake piston was seized. Therefore, it would not release. As a result, the heat generated warped the brake rotor. Thats why you felt the vibration.

Brake piston can seize on several factors:
- contaminated brake fluid
- broken / leaking piston seal

To avoid brake piston failure, one should bleed the brake fluid once every few years.

marcoes300

no . the other time i completly lost my right rims... and was a expensive fix ! but i think someone tryed to stole my new winter tire ... cause i dont see what happened excepted this ...


they remplaced the brake but .... is it normal that my pedal go very low comparated to when it was '' defective '' 6



sorry for my bad english lol

imherenow

hahah ur english is hilarious...but i have no idea what u are talking about..HAH

LiCelsior

iTrader: (32)

sounds like the shop didnt properly bleed ur brakes correctly. i would bring it back immediately since that is very dangerous.