Minor vibration through steering at speed

[OriginalBigAl]

I sympathise with your situation, no, I really do. Here in Aquitaine, once a English kingdom or was it the other way round. We are positioned on the border of two departments neither of which want to spend money on the road surfaces which lead to a competing department, hence we have the worst the surfaces for many a mile (kilometre). Couple that we are a hilly area prone to minor landslips and road slumpages makes local travelling a bit annoying considering 15 kms in any direction the roads are all caramel and chocolate.
So in trying to find any fault , vibration ,knocks, rattles, etc its impossible to isolate when close to home, and out in country ,that's not easy because then you are to busy enjoying yourself and then thinking, why did I drive out here?

 

[DaevM]

I sympathise with your situation, no, I really do. Here in Aquitaine, once a English kingdom or was it the other way round. We are positioned on the border of two departments neither of which want to spend money on the road surfaces which lead to a competing department, hence we have the worst the surfaces for many a mile (kilometre). Couple that we are a hilly area prone to minor landslips and road slumpages makes local travelling a bit annoying considering 15 kms in any direction the roads are all caramel and chocolate.
So in trying to find any fault , vibration ,knocks, rattles, etc its impossible to isolate when close to home, and out in country ,that's not easy because then you are to busy enjoying yourself and then thinking, why did I drive out here?

Caramel and chocolate?? Why haven't I ever heard of this before?? Onmeway ??

 

[OriginalBigAl]

After Brexit we ran out of Tarmac due to copyright restrictions! Luckily the Swiss came to the rescue

 

[Ian Key]

After Brexit we ran out of Tarmac due to copyright restrictions! Luckily the Swiss came to the rescue

You are misinformed us sir as once again it is a British invention that wasn't patented ?

Innovative Edgar Hooley, a Nottinghamshire County Council surveyor, pioneered the use of asphalt with a patented mixture to transform Radcliffe Road in West Bridgford into the world's first Tarmac road in 1902.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

You are misinformed us sir as once again it is a British invention that wasn't patented ?

Innovative Edgar Hooley, a Nottinghamshire County Council surveyor, pioneered the use of asphalt with a patented mixture to transform Radcliffe Road in West Bridgford into the world's first Tarmac road in 1902.

Did I say Tarmac? , I meant Caramac. Apologies.

 

[Ian Key]

Did I say Tarmac? , I meant Caramac. Apologies.

Now you're talking ?

 

[DaevM]

You are misinformed us sir as once again it is a British invention that wasn't patented ?

Innovative Edgar Hooley, a Nottinghamshire County Council surveyor, pioneered the use of asphalt with a patented mixture to transform Radcliffe Road in West Bridgford into the world's first Tarmac road in 1902.

Somewhat confused ?. To be fair I have only just awoke after a night of celebrations involving a lot of toblerone and whiskey ( never again), patented or no ?

 

[OriginalBigAl]

American chocolate and American beverages, a lethal concoction. Do not try fixing it with American coffee! Get well soon.

 

[DaevM]

American chocolate and American beverages, a lethal concoction. Do not try fixing it with American coffee! Get well soon.

According to the labels ( I was curious) , Scotch beverage and Belgian/Swiss chocolate... but I stand to be corrected, what with usually being wrong 'n' all.
Feeling a lil' bit better, thank you.

 

[Esi]

Having done a 250+ mile trip a few days ago, during which there were short periods of 'excessive speed', I noticed some minor vibration via the steering wheel. As the journey was mostly on our poorly maintained motorways and trunk roads (A30/M5), I wasn't sure whether it was as a result of the state of the roads or a poorly balanced wheel. The speed involved was about 75-80 mph ( overtaking manoeuvre ?). I noticed it several times and will be making the return trip sometime over the next few days, during which time I'll try and work it out.
To be fair it's only minor - I have had a poorly balanced wheel shake the gearbox seal apart in the past. Boy, how I wish I'd addressed that instead of leaving it and seeing what would happen - I was young ?.
So, anyone else experienced poorly balanced wheels on new mg4s ?

Hi Dea
I think it’s the lane assist telling you off when you get too close to the white lines on the road

 

[DaevM]

Hi Dea
I think it’s the lane assist telling you off when you get too close to the white lines on the road

Hi Esi,
Thanks for your suggestion. I have all the assists turned off. After 25 years in IT it's not the computers I mistrust but the folks that program them. Never mind 'computer says no', computer can go expletive deleted itself.

 

[OriginalBigAl]

According to the labels ( I was curious) , Scotch beverage and Belgian/Swiss chocolate... but I stand to be corrected, what with usually being wrong 'n' all.
Feeling a lil' bit better, thank you.

Toblerone is owed by Mondelez, an American conglomerate, over the years the valleys have widened and a mountain has gone missing ,400g down to 360g mid Atlantic Ridge spreading no doubt , my wife assures me that its also a lot sweeter than when Swiss owned. Putting on my deerstalker you put an "e" in whisky , a criminal offence in Scotland but acceptable in Bourbon, thus Moriaty I concluded you had indeed been on the Tennessee rye. There is a brand, from Lidl, which I can testify produces the same results you were experiencing this morning. As you quite rightly say "never again". Perhaps we have inadvertently found the source of the minor vibration you have been experiencing!!!!!!!!

 

[DaevM]

Thank you, standing corrected. The whisk(e)y is Haig Club Clubman bought for me as a birthday present by my daughter ( also provided a Toblerone).
It would appear to be distilled at Cameronbridge distillery. Unfortunately there would appear to be a certain Beckham involvement but beggars can't be choosers, merely grateful recipients. {hic}

( and I thought everything was Chinese these days? ? )

 

[demis32]

Good morning, does anyone know what's going on with the steering wheel vibration between 95km/h and 120 km/h? I've had the wheels balanced 2 times , I've removed the decorative caps, and finally I've checked the tire pressure and nothing has changed. I have the MG 4 luxury version with rear-wheel drive. I've driven a total of about 8.000 km or 5.000 miles, thank you.

 

[agy]

No purtroppo nessuna soluzione ad oggi. Alcuni hanno sostituito i semiassi e dicono di aver risolto. Altri aggiunto dei pesi sui bracci testine di sterzo e risolto. Ho provato lo stesso giorno 10 auto in concessionaria, tra usate, versioni diverse, e nuovo senza targa. Tutte vibrano chi piu chi meno. A me è capitato casualmente di eliminare tutti di problemi tramite discesa e stock sulle ruote. Dopo 10 km è ritornato il problema solito ed insopportabile. Forse c'è qualcosa nella scatola sterzo e semiassi.

 

[siteguru]

No purtroppo nessuna soluzione ad oggi. Alcuni hanno sostituito i semiassi e dicono di aver risolto. Altri aggiunto dei pesi sui bracci testine di sterzo e risolto. Ho provato lo stesso giorno 10 auto in concessionaria, tra usate, versioni diverse, e nuovo senza targa. Tutte vibrano chi piu chi meno. A me è capitato casualmente di eliminare tutti di problemi tramite discesa e stock sulle ruote. Dopo 10 km è ritornato il problema solito ed insopportabile. Forse c'è qualcosa nella scatola sterzo e semiassi.

Please post in English - it is a forum requirement. Courtesy of Google Translate:

No unfortunately no solution to date. Some have replaced the axle shafts and say they have solved it. Others added weights on the steering head arms and solved it. I tested 10 cars in the dealership on the same day, including used, different versions, and new without a license plate. They all vibrate more or less. I happened to eliminate all the problems by going down and stocking the wheels. After 10 km the usual and unbearable problem returned. Maybe there is something in the steering box and axle shafts.

FWIW, I've noticed no such vibration in my MY22 SE SR.

 

[agy]

All are the same problem. One more or less of other. I can show you how to control. But there s not official solution. Car is constructed very very very bad.

 

[siteguru]

All are the same problem.

No they're not - I've literally just said that mine does not have any such problem.

 

[agy]

Have you tried one with problems?

 

[siteguru]

Erm ... I have the one car, I'm not a dealer; why would I try others?

I was merely correcting your statement that ALL cars suffer this problem - they don't; at least one other doesn't (mine).