Highspeed vibration
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Highspeed vibration
My C63 estate has just over 10000km. Recently it has started to vibrate at high speeds. Thought it might be worn tires combined with weights beeing a bit off so I waited to see what happened after I changed tires and balanced the wheels.
It didn't help, it even got worse after a while.
Did a second check and they saw that both right side wheels were bent. (I didn't hit anything hard, but my father did once...so I guess that could have caused the damage to the wheels)![Frown](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Replaced the two bent wheels, did alignment and balance of all 4 wheels, but it didn't change anything, still vibrations at 130km/h and the faster I go, the faster the vibrations are (not stronger though). They get stronger in curves then on the straights though.
Its not a very strong vibration, it was much worse before I changed the damaged wheels, but its still there and its irritating.
What is wrong with my car?
It didn't help, it even got worse after a while.
Did a second check and they saw that both right side wheels were bent. (I didn't hit anything hard, but my father did once...so I guess that could have caused the damage to the wheels)
![Frown](https://mbworld.org/forums/images/smilies/frown.gif)
Replaced the two bent wheels, did alignment and balance of all 4 wheels, but it didn't change anything, still vibrations at 130km/h and the faster I go, the faster the vibrations are (not stronger though). They get stronger in curves then on the straights though.
Its not a very strong vibration, it was much worse before I changed the damaged wheels, but its still there and its irritating.
What is wrong with my car?
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might try the front bearings too - they not too expensive and that was my problem (slight high speed vibration that was more pronounced in sweeping curves)
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+1. Bearings. He is right, even the smallest little kink to the bearings and you will be offset. But also check for any arm damage or damage to steering rod.
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I have this problem, at speed over 120km/h there is a slight vibration and get worse as the speed builds up. I re-balanced all my wheels and re-done the tracking but its still there, did changing the front bearings solve your problem?