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Ed, it's not a motor mount type of vibration.
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Does the vibration increase in frequency with increasing speed?
The play in the steering sounds like tie rod ends or ball joints to me. Vibration from CV joints usually gets really bad at freeway speeds and isn't generally bad at low speeds. Vibration from ball joints / tie rod ends happens at pretty much every speed, and the steering "vagueness" gets very bad on freeway offramps, where if they get really bad it's hard to keep the car in a contant arc. |
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Why the problem takes time to "build up" is a puzzler - could it be heat related?
Also, what would cause it to be intermittent - I'd think a steering rack problem, or cv joint (assume it's an xi model?) would be more constant? Don't know, just wondering. Is it possible tranny/drivetrain are migrating symptoms through the steering? Wild guesses, but what the hell. Let us know what happens. Ed Last edited by Sharp11; 12-13-2008 at 10:33 PM. Reason: two sigs |
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I came across this: http://www.justanswer.com/questions/...aking-frontend Brake caliper doesn't release all the way and after a short period of driving, heats up the rotor which warps and vibrates. You stop, everything cools down - but drive some more and the whole cycle begins again. Ed Last edited by Sharp11; 12-13-2008 at 10:33 PM. |
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I'm thinking that the steering play and the vibration might be separate issues. Hmm.
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No way. Virtually impossible. And trust me, I know bad E46 motor mounts.
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Last April I had just had the winter rigging swapped out for the summer setup, and on the way driving from the tire center back to home after a couple of stoplights the front end started vibrating like crazy. I turned right around and went back to the center to see if they'd dorked something up. They rechecked the wheel weights and the whole nine yards, but it still continued to vibrate. I then took it in to my inde shop and they diagnosed it as a brake issue. The left front caliper had warped, so they replaced it and added new pads, rotors and sensors to both front brakes, flushed the brake fluid and since it was about time for Tech II I had them do that as well. $984 later it drove like new again. |
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