Wheels and Tracking

samil87 · Post by **samil87** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:39 pm

i jus put new wheels on my car ther's a post about it

but when i drive it just doesnt feel right

would it be advisory to get my tracking done?

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 4:51 pm

When you say it doesn't feel right, how do you mean?

AFAIK just having new wheels fitted shouldn't affect your tracking, have the wheels been balanced?

That may even be why the car feels strange.

samil87 · Post by **samil87** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:02 pm

when i go over a bump sumtimes the steering wheel moves to 1 side but sumtimes it moves left and sutimes to the right

also seems as if i can hear a noise coming from 1 of the wheels

when i first put it on it lookd as if it was sitting bent drove it up and down the road and seems to be sitting striaght now and evry1 i've askd says they think its sitting straight but iam not convinced

ModifiedMadness · Post by **ModifiedMadness** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:07 pm

May be worth getting it checked properly then to be on the safe side and to put your mind at rest.

Ollie_R · Post by **Ollie_R** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 5:44 pm

Make sure the wheel nuts are tightened up. I did this before, and the nuts weren't tightened, and I had all sorts of noises from my suspension. Get a garage or a tyre shop to tighten them properly, or get your self a breaker bar and tighten them as much as you can, or up to 110Nm.

Failing that, it could be that the wheels are not balanced, are the balancing weights all there on the inside of the wheel? I reckon they could need balancing, since you bought them second-hand.

samil87 · Post by **samil87** » Sat Oct 21, 2006 6:44 pm

the little balancing weights are there the guy i bought them from was off clubpolo and he sed they had recently been balanced

where would be a good place 2 get the balanced and checkd?

AKs_SlickPolo · Post by **AKs_SlickPolo** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:57 am

Reduce your tyre pressure. Had the same thing when I had my MK4, felt less grippy and steering controlled itself on minor bumps. I found the tyre pressure was 38psi, where as it should be 32psi on 195/45/15

samil87 · Post by **samil87** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 11:00 am

also its slightly easier to turn right than left

and sometimes seems as if i can hear a noise coming from the wheel but it isnt rubbing against anything

rolo · Post by **rolo** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:23 pm

Hi, It sounds like the effect that an incorrect offset can create. Rolo

paulzpolo · Post by **paulzpolo** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:19 pm

or maybe one wheel has been damaged, buckled or kerbed heavy and been repaired!!! did you clean hubs before you fitted wheels,are there any adaptor rings located inside of wheel to make up size if they came off different car,had to have some when fitting wheels to pug 306
just a few suggestions

paulzpolo · Post by **paulzpolo** » Sun Oct 22, 2006 3:20 pm

what size are you new wheels,if they are bigger than standard it may be tram lining which you cannot do anything about

samil87 · Post by **samil87** » Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:08 am

the wheels are 15x7 et 35 pcd 4x100 and they hav spigot rings to bring the bore size to vw fitament