Saif Akhtar

I just got some 19" wheels for my 2000 CLK430 and have noticed my steering wheel shaking considerably between 40-70mph. After installing wheel spaces for the front tires (I believe they're 5mm, not hub centric), the shaking has dropped significantly but is still there.

The tire guys told me it's because the wheels are too heavy for the car. I was wondering if there's anyone else who's had this problem and how they fixed it. Just got the wheels balanced.

Thanks!

mint

There's no such thing as wheels being too heavy.

Get hub rings that fit so everything is hubcentric. I would highly not recommend running spaces that aren't hubcentric on the hub and wheel side; too many possibilities for error.

Road force balance on a Hunter.

Saif Akhtar

Does the width of the spacer matter? Should I replace just the two that I have or get all 4?

Thanks a bunch!

Pauljay

It sounds like your wheels are inbalanced.

I had this problem on 2 occasions. The 1st was when my wheel was out of round and the slight egg shape caused it.

The second was when one of my fronts wasn't balanced properly when I changed tyres.

The tyre Guy said to me that he had balanced the wheels, but I got him to double check and it turned out that the drivers was a few grammes out!


Hub centric spacers are very important for they take the weight of your rims so the bolts don't as they are now. Not pretty if a bolt snaps.

The size of the spacer doesn't matter just make sure they're hub centric.

I have 20mm on the front and 10mm on the rears.