Austarion

Hey all

Have a problem with the staz which is quite strange. When driving around town doing 50-60km/hr tops the car steers fine but when I reach about 80km/hr the steering wheel seems to shake back and forth like it's trying to turn one way then the other.
I have no idea about steering setups and was wondering if anyone else had some ideas as to what could cause this?

Wheel balance or tie rod end is rooted.

Jack up front of car and wobble one wheel, look around tie rod ends for excessive movement.

it could also be flat spots on your front tyres i had the same problem on mine a way to test it is by putting some spare wheels on the front ... if you have any sitting around

bigmoz :pimp

Check the condition of all your tyres. Check the inside of the tyres (not inside the tube. I mean the inner side of the tyre towards the middle of the car).

Also if the wheels are balanced correctly, get the wheel bearings checked. And if that fails, its the tie rod

I had the wheels checked and balanced today, so it's down to the bearings or tie rods. hmmmm

its fucked, sell it to me... :D :D :D :D

I'll sell it to you when it's finished

I had a similar issue with my Galant. Although the tie rod ends and the alignment was fine, it was still doing it at around 80km/h, smooths out again at over 100. Ended up being the front shocks were completely shot. Changed them and all good again. Worth checking.

scorp did that. becasue i disliked the car i just put up with it...


week or 2 later the front tire exploded.

turns out they were pumped up to 50psi... and one developed a bubble.

who pumps tires up that high? i mean wtf? stupid car yards...

My mate was talking about a bubble in the tyres, where the steal brades break due to stress, had it all checked out though and that wasn't the problem.

I don't think it's the front shocks, it just passed a warrant with them. I've had some problems with the top left wheel bearing in the past but I had it replaced not to long ago :?

When I lock up the steering doing a U turn I hear a single CLUNK, not everytime but if I haven't done a U turn in a while it will do it.. Sound like the culprit?

Yeah,I know exactly what you mean.Mine did the same at about 70-80 when off the gas and when I accelerated it went away.
It was really quite violent and felt like a wheel was about to come off.
I replaced the inner and outer tie rod ends and its sweet now.
Also did my front wheel bearings while I was at it

Yep tie rod ends
EXACTLY same problem
new ones and problem was gone
Being a starion it automaticly shifted onto the next problem though

I've still yet to throw it up on a jack and check it out, I hate diamond jacks :x

Got it figured out yet?

If not another thing to check is the idler arm bushes. It'll give you wobbly steering, give you the clunking noises you describe and possibly chew your front left tyre as well.

Bits-are-shitty still sell these bushes as they're the same as the Stigma ones. Even when they tell you they're NLA, they'll most likely have a bunch in stock.

Put the front tires on the back.
And the back tires on the front and go for a drive.
Then at least you will know it is not the tires.

:)