Hi All,
I have two problems now…
When travelling at 70mph or higher (ehem… a theoretical issue obviously) there is a slight vibration at the steering wheel. You can't actually see the steering wheel move if you look at it, but the feeling is similar to driving on a coarse surface. It isn’t too bad as such, but it wasn’t there before (and the M2 has only recently been resurfaced so it can’t be that… )
The second is that when braking hard from around 60mph (there are a lot of speed cameras on the A2…), there is a noticeable vibration in the car. It is felt through the steering wheel in a similar slight way as when driving at 70mph, but it mainly manifests itself in jerky movements of the auto shift gear lever. The lever rocks back and forth and does so in a much more noticeable way then the steering wheel.
The latter got me thinking that this is not simply a case of failed or perished suspension component, but perhaps an engine or gearbox mount, or even a combination of a failed mount and failed suspension component…
For the record, I had in the past vibration problems when braking, but this was far stronger than the current ones, and never while driving only when braking. In any case around 2k miles ago I replaced the front wheel bearings, brake discs and pads with original Vx items and the car was driving and braking perferctly and smoothly until now. So not sure if the current problem is related...
Getting under the car is not easy as I am parked in the street, so I would like to compile a check-list of all the usual suspects before crawling under the thing… so any suggestions will be appreciated.