Steering wheel shake

[zeus]

Hi guys.

My 08 2.7 xf has got a shake going on with the steering wheel. At first there was a bit of play in the front passenger wheel so I have changed the inner and outer part of the track rod arm and then took the car to have the tracking done. The judder is only light but is definitely there. It happens between 50 mph and 70mph. If I do more or less then it is fine. That is also be ween 1600rpm-2000rpm. I can't see any obvious damage to the tyres so am hoping to pick your brains as to the problem. Any ideas would be most appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[O.T.H]

I would say its sure to be a balance on one of the wheels or a faulty wheel so I would

have them balanced again pehaps lost a weight or something .???

 

Frank

[zeus]

Thanks for the advice Frank. I have had both wheels rebalanced whist changing a rear and a huge difference. Yet another tip in the memory bank . Every time something trivial crops up. Someone always comes up with the correct advice. Many thanks.

[ColinR]

I've just had an MOT and reported the same issue. It turns out that I had uneven wear on the front tyres.

 

2 new tyres later, plus a 4 wheel alignment check all is fine (apart from a slow deflation on one of the new tyres but that's another issue.