scam75
Well-known member
Evening all
Had a busy day on the 44 today. Ball joint replaced drivers side with a Hamburg Technic kit. Thoughts on those? Seemed decent quality and all went together nicely. Had an advisory at last years mot on the ball joint. It was now officially gubbed, all good again. Replaced a crumbling brake dust shield same corner that I bought 3 years ago! Also re-packed and adjusted the wheel bearing, perfect now, and gave my brake pads a clean up and re-lubed with Bosch brake assembly gel type stuff. Was hoping the duff ball joint was responsible for the aforementioned shudder. It was not!
So pretty much the 10 years I've owned the car I have had this 65-80mph shudder. It comes and goes, varies in severity, not end of the world but do want it gone. In that time I've done both wheel bearings, both tie rods, one ball joint (today, other is good), changed discs, pads multiple times, cleaned up mating surfaces multiple times. Roll bar is good and poly-bushed. Alignment is spot on. Had multiple tyre changes and wheel balances. None of that has made any difference. Haven't changed the rack but it seems good. Only thing I haven't done is try swapping front wheels with a known good set. I do have a slight ding in one front wheel, but they balance perfectly. What else could it be?
Other things to note. Pressing brakes makes it go away. Also if its really bad (usually when car hasn't been used in a while) some hard stamps on the brake lessens the issue. Also sometimes, on even road surfaces, it can go away completely! I keep thinking it might be a sticky caliper of some description, but fronts were recently overhauled and rears free as a bird few months ago at last pad change.
Confused.com
Thought chaps.
Ta
Stuart
Had a busy day on the 44 today. Ball joint replaced drivers side with a Hamburg Technic kit. Thoughts on those? Seemed decent quality and all went together nicely. Had an advisory at last years mot on the ball joint. It was now officially gubbed, all good again. Replaced a crumbling brake dust shield same corner that I bought 3 years ago! Also re-packed and adjusted the wheel bearing, perfect now, and gave my brake pads a clean up and re-lubed with Bosch brake assembly gel type stuff. Was hoping the duff ball joint was responsible for the aforementioned shudder. It was not!
So pretty much the 10 years I've owned the car I have had this 65-80mph shudder. It comes and goes, varies in severity, not end of the world but do want it gone. In that time I've done both wheel bearings, both tie rods, one ball joint (today, other is good), changed discs, pads multiple times, cleaned up mating surfaces multiple times. Roll bar is good and poly-bushed. Alignment is spot on. Had multiple tyre changes and wheel balances. None of that has made any difference. Haven't changed the rack but it seems good. Only thing I haven't done is try swapping front wheels with a known good set. I do have a slight ding in one front wheel, but they balance perfectly. What else could it be?
Other things to note. Pressing brakes makes it go away. Also if its really bad (usually when car hasn't been used in a while) some hard stamps on the brake lessens the issue. Also sometimes, on even road surfaces, it can go away completely! I keep thinking it might be a sticky caliper of some description, but fronts were recently overhauled and rears free as a bird few months ago at last pad change.
Confused.com
Thought chaps.
Ta
Stuart