very harsh vibrating at 50mph+ help!

[adz]

wondering if any one can advise

I had a new clutch fitted
got the car from the garage drove home and everytime i go over 50 mph it vibrates the steering wheel alot when it gets to about 65-70 passenger seats vibrate little and steering wheel even more

the garage has said this is due to me not having spacers on my 15" alloys, but it wasnt doing this before i had the clutch fixed
the garage wont do anythink, unless i buy spacers which i cant find

i just dont get it is there anything they could do wrong when doing the clutch?

i have mark 4 1996
with Dezent H alloys

thing is there is no gap between car and wheels
the only space is the width off drive shaft is smaller than wheels

help

if any one knows where to buy spacers i would love to know where

many thanks in advance

adz

ps i thought the gf would like it but it just doesnt turn her on lol

[carmadaaron]

wot offset are the wheels?

i had vibration, but was accceptable, it was around 60mph, it was ~5hz and was controllable, didnt have to correct it or anything, i had mudflaps as well.

[adz]

but the thing is aaron
they wernt vibrating before i had clutch done

wheels are

4x100 et38, 4x108 et38. (multi fitments)
195/45/15 tyres

i have mud flaps but like i said this was all on before

the spacer i think i may need if i even need one at all is bit lik

o = drive shafte width
O = inside alloy width

anyone know where to buy spacers? for my wheels/polo

these are what i think i need?
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 43238&rd=1

this is what i dont need as it just brings wheel out
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 30897&rd=1

cheers adz

aaron how come u had vibration tho when did it start

im starting to thing maybe wheel bearings?

[stuart_hatch]

Take it to another garage, ask their opinion

[AshBlueMk4]

i had this exact same problem when mine was done. What it is, is the driveshafts have a funny shape seal on them, if the seal isnt aligned properly when put back together they dont seat the shaft to the box perfectly. Therefore causing vibration. A good idea is ask a garage to look at the driveshafts, check all the bolts and make sure there seated correctly. Mine were not seated correctly, so got them realigned now there perfect. If in doubt take it to VW and it'll cost ya £60 at the most but it'll be done proper

Ash.

[Tahrey1043]

also if your driveshafts have balancer weights on that might be causing it

gave me about a month of headaches trying to sort it out on the mk3, when one got knocked off

had the wheels balanced about six times in different places lol

disclaimer: that might be all a load of balls, but its exactly what the fairly trustworthy bloke in the local garage told me after he fettled it.

[adz]

cheers for the info

well ive just purchased sum spiggets i think thats what there called , they sit in between the wheel and driveshaft

but garage has said that if i get these and the car still has vibration ill take it back and let them know, what ashbluemk4 said

thankyou very much for your help people

ps this garage is VW one lol

[adz]

ok just incase anyone else gets this problem

its now solved

had all the wheels off today

put all the spignet rings on , and sum nice new lock in wheels nuts

as sum thiefs trashed my other ones

and the spacers worked its so smooth now and putting 32 psi in is a nice ride

cheers all