Re: 164 Vibrations

["Colin Verrilli" <verrilli@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Birkett, Graham" <GS-Birkett@domain.elided> writes:
> My '91L used to do it until I found someone who could balance the wheels on
> the car. This gave a 90% fix. However my 'new' '94LS also does it and a
> recent on car balance has made no detectable improvement. I'm beginning to
> suspect tyre ovality, maybe in conjunction with a worn shocker?

My '94 also has a vibration. It comes on at 45mph (70kph) and goes away
at 55mph (90kph). Above this speed it's as smooth as glass. It seems worse
when the tires are cold. The tires are new (AVSi) and just balanced. It
happened on the old tires too (AVSi). On-car balancing didn't help then.
Wheels were checked for out-of-round. The rear shocks have been replaced.
I'd love to find an answer to this problem as it's been bothering me for
some time now. I'm beginning to think that it's just a reaction of the LS
suspension to the AVSi tires...

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Colin Verrilli     Raleigh, NC     verrilli@domain.elided
'84 GTV6        '87 Milano Gold         '94 164LS Auto
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