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Lately my Jetta seems to have a wobble in the steering/front end. It only happens under acceleration.
Any hints as to what it may be?
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Any hints as to what it may be?
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Re: Wobble Under Acceration
Did you check the wheel bolts?Name: Brent
His: '04 TDI Golf Mods: None
If it's smoken it ain't broken
Family: '15 Jetta Sportwagon
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Re: Wobble Under Acceration
x2 or a horribly unbalanced wheelOriginally posted by Stonewall View PostComment
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and now that i think about a loose wheel would wobble all the time not just under accelerationComment
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Re: Wobble Under Acceration
tie rod end?Last edited by stefan; 11-16-2009, 10:18 PM.Stefan
-> '19 Deep Black Pearl Alltrack
-> '05 Urban Grey Passat Wagon TDI.
-> Past rides: '14 Allroad, 06 Mazda5, '98 Jetta K2, '01 Jetta TDI, '91 Mazda B2200, '81 Toyota Cressida
-> FutuRe Ride...??!Comment
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Re: Wobble Under Acceration
Loose bolts usually don't wobble as much while coasting as there is not as much torque out onto the bolts.Name: Brent
His: '04 TDI Golf Mods: None If it's smoken it ain't broken
Family: '15 Jetta Sportwagon
Fun car: '92 Blue Karmann Crabby Cabby Mods: Coils, front and rear swaybars, LED interior lights and some other old things.Comment
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Re: Wobble Under Acceration
If your using rims that use hubcentric rings........did you put the rings on?
MLast edited by Kona Bear; 11-17-2009, 08:25 AM.Mike
'14 Toyota 4Runner SR5
'04 Jetta Wagon 1.8TComment
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Re: Wobble Under Acceration
My crystal ball says seperated tire.Comment
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I double checked the wheel bolts to make sure they were tight and they were.
Hubcentic rings are in place so I doubt that is it.
Hopefully it is not a seperated tire as these are my new winters that I bought last year and I would be suprised if they have 6,000 km on them.
I guess I will take the wheels off today and see what I can see. Perhaps I threw a weight and one of the wheels are off balance.
thanks for the input.
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Re: Wobble Under Acceration
My suggestion is to rotate the wheels from front to back and see if anything changes under acceleration.TWO TON ENGINE LIFT/CRANE FOR RENT
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Also see if there is any play in the control arm bushing when you have the wheel off.The Children...
2003 Jetta GLS TDI
1991 Alpina B10 Biturbo
1991 Alpina B10 3.5
1991 Alpina B12 5.0
1991 BMW 850i x2
1992 BMW M5
1993 BMW 525i turbo
2000 BMW 540i touring
1992 Mercedes 600sel
1992 Mercedes 600sel AMG
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Re: Wobble Under Acceration
a really bad CV will give vibration under accel.Stefan
-> '19 Deep Black Pearl Alltrack
-> '05 Urban Grey Passat Wagon TDI.
-> Past rides: '14 Allroad, 06 Mazda5, '98 Jetta K2, '01 Jetta TDI, '91 Mazda B2200, '81 Toyota Cressida
-> FutuRe Ride...??!Comment
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I took the front left wheel off and there was no play in anything in there. After putting the wheel back on and retorqueing the other wheels the wobble seems to be gone.
Weird.
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