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david932
16-01-2007, 20:50
went to test drive a williams today and when accelerating the entire front end wobbled and sort of vibrated. i am certain it is not to do with wheel balance or a buckled wheel so am i right in thinking its an engine mount or cv joint??

david932
16-01-2007, 20:51
also this happened in every gear when hard accelerating

richy
16-01-2007, 20:55
if its only when accelerating then id say most likely a cv joint or the inner bearing set up on the n/s shaft( 3 bearing thing) i had one missing yonks ago and it wobbled like hell when accelerating!

MatBrown
16-01-2007, 21:07
I agree with richy but the one i saw was the offside.



Mat.

eternalife
16-01-2007, 23:45
i got the same problem - am in the process of getting both near and off side driveshafts /cv joints replaced.

Unbalanced Torque application on heavy acceleration causes the shake / wobble / vibrations.

At least this the prob on my car :D

VIPERONE
17-01-2007, 00:51
Driveshaft

cliolord
17-01-2007, 20:26
had same problem with my old 16v, was inner cv joint on the o/s drive shaft (the long one) new drive shaft from Renault was less than 70quid including vat 8)