Wheel out of balance or something else?

[VIL]

Guys

 

Your thoughts please.

 

When not using the Supra I have a peugeot 306 diesel estate for racking up the motorway miles.

 

The other day I was as merrily travelling round the M25 when suddendly there was a noticable vibration that felt like a wheel out of balance.

 

I slowed down and coasted a few times with the clutch depressed to be sure it was not the engine or drive and the vibration did not change which makes me suspect a wheel balance problem?

 

Could I have lost a wheel weight that would cause this? As the strange thing is that for the remainder of the drive the vibration would stop for a bit then come back?

 

I have jacked up the front wheels to check the bearings, wheels etc and they feel fine, before I ask for all the wheels to be re-balanced is there anything else I should look at?

 

Cheers

[monkey3]

I know it's probably a bit late now, but...

 

Silly question, but does it have aftermarket wheels?

 

I recently had a similar problem.

There is a bit (sort of like a collar) that sits in the centre of the wheel before it goes on the car.

If this is missing, you might get lucky and find that the wheel is well centered, but it could change at any moment.

 

Or, it could just be that a weight has fallen off...

[Swampy442]

Were all the wheel nuts/bolts there?

[TRD DAN]

On 306's the springs can snap, so make sure of that before you do anymore driving

[SilverSoop]

I have got that too, a vibration through the steering wheel so when she goes in for the service, im going to get all my wheels re-balanced

and hopefully will solve the problem... :-)

[monkey3]

I have got that too, a vibration through the steering wheel so when she goes in for the service, im going to get all my wheels re-balanced

and hopefully will solve the problem... :-)

 

Is that on the supra?

standard wheels?

See my first comment, I'd really check this first.