sj413 speed wobble 40mph?

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Re: sj413 speed wobble 40mph?

Post by twiss » Mon Dec 12, 2011 4:29 pm

Yeah we have nice affectionate names for problems here haha
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Re: sj413 speed wobble 40mph?

Post by Tramp » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:15 pm

I had the death wobble for a while, it was from around 35-40 mph and made the steering wheel swing left to right, then back it was quite violent but you could accelerate through it & it would settle down, I don't know if its the same for you (you describe an up down motion) but my problem was most definatly the steering damper it was knackard & just seemed to let the momentum build up, I replaced it for a procomp item that has been fantastic, & I would recomend it to any one! I didn't realise how badly I needed one until it was fitted.

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Re: sj413 speed wobble 40mph?

Post by timpaton » Sun Jan 15, 2012 6:40 pm

Update,

The front left wheel was massively out of balance 116 grams on one side 65 grams on the other. I have had it rebalanced, and checked all the bearings, etc, all is now fine.

Thanks for your help with this, all contributors

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Re: sj413 speed wobble 40mph?

Post by twiss » Fri Jan 27, 2012 9:45 am

Excellent, glad you got it sorted!!!
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