slight steering wobble at low speed - The Unofficial BMW M5 Messageboard (m5board.com)

maxrpm · 31st January 2008, 17:36

my car has a slight wobble at low speed not all the time just now and then i checked brake discs with dile gage and they are fine wheels and tires and fine too not really sure wot to do next,anybody ever had same prob or anybody any ideas ya can feel it on floor pan too nearly sure it pass front it coming from

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innoSINce · 31st January 2008, 18:07

Check your tire pressure, let me know if that helps.

Regards,
Sin

Diny · 31st January 2008, 18:09

Does this wobble happen when you brake?

maxrpm · 31st January 2008, 18:24

yeah seems once car driven a while not as bad and really bad at times when ya brake its weird times car fine times it shakes your hands tires pressures seem fine tried diff rims and the same but was same tires

Diny · 31st January 2008, 18:29

Okay, try this:

Does it also happen when you engine brake (meaning you dont even touch the brake pedal)?

If it only happens with your brakes, sounds like rotors. If it happens all the time, then you may have a thrust arm bushing going out.

I've had wobbling but it went away once i got new rotors. Car would wobble only when I used the brakes, though.

jetblack01m5 · 31st January 2008, 18:31

How many miles on your car? I had a wobble like that and I had to change the thrust bushings and that took care of it.

When I first bought the car I had a shake that happened at all speeds... ended up all 4 of the rims were bent (not by me and a fairly long story...).

maxrpm · 31st January 2008, 18:40

ya could be free wheeling and it would happen and wot is rotors car has 97k but not long through cat2 inspection which cost £2500 pound

Diny · 31st January 2008, 18:45

Rotors are the brake discs.

maxrpm · 31st January 2008, 18:52

keep thinking brake discs myself cos bad when cold,are they soild could i skim them

mohan · 1st February 2008, 11:36

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Originally Posted by maxrpm

my car has a slight wobble at low speed not all the time just now and then i checked brake discs with dile gage and they are fine wheels and tires and fine too not really sure wot to do next,anybody ever had same prob or anybody any ideas ya can feel it on floor pan too nearly sure it pass front it coming from

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need more details mate.... is it a wobble through the steering, and only on braking gently, or though the pedal, or the whole car.....

if under gentle braking, and discs are not warped, could be residue on the discs...

Vibration when cruising