Member Since: 21 Nov 2018
Location: Durham
Posts: 32
Steering Wheel Judder and Rubber Smell
Morning All, hopefully you can help me out. Driving along last night at 50MPH suddenly get a very noticeable steering wheel judder/vibration which stopped after 30 seconds or so then came back, went off, came back etc etc. Initially though wheel/tyre issue but after getting home I had a strong hot rubber smell coming from the vehicle.
Car has just been through full service and had rear prop shaft replaced.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Stretch.
29th Jul 2023 8:10 am
disco chris
Member Since: 25 Apr 2022
Location: London
Posts: 282
First thought would be binding brake caliper. Did you see if any of the wheels were hot when you parked up? Fairly common issue
29th Jul 2023 9:08 am
lm1993
Member Since: 21 Nov 2018
Location: Durham
Posts: 32
Hi there, thanks for the response. I felt all four tyres but none seemed noticeably hot. I’ll get the wheels off and have a better look at the discs to double check. Thanks.
29th Jul 2023 10:29 am
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
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Hi
It wouldn’t be the tyre that gets hot but the alloy wheel around the central section- think of a ring around where the wheel bolts are radiating outwards the as this is where the wheel is bolted to the brake disk behind it - the brake disk will become very hot if the brakes are binding whilst the car is being drivenMust stop buying shiny toys....
29th Jul 2023 11:11 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
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Carefully touch, or nearly touch, the centre of the wheel (not the tyre) with the back if your hand. If it’s more than luke warm then you’ve got a biding calliper.
29th Jul 2023 11:13 am
lm1993
Member Since: 21 Nov 2018
Location: Durham
Posts: 32
Thanks both for the advice. I’ll check this out tomorrow and report back.
30th Jul 2023 8:37 am
Mastertech
Member Since: 13 Apr 2014
Location: North East
Posts: 131
Check the propshaft that’s just been replaced.
30th Jul 2023 8:38 am
lm1993
Member Since: 21 Nov 2018
Location: Durham
Posts: 32
All, thanks for the advice. It was indeed a brake calliper issues. All sorted with a visit to a local Indy.
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2nd Aug 2023 11:07 am
disco chris
Member Since: 25 Apr 2022
Location: London
Posts: 282
Glad to hear it... I had the same problem not so long ago, though it didn't get as bad as wheel judder, just very hot wheel and stinky brake smell that I noticed when topping the tyres up with air.
2nd Aug 2023 11:28 am
darrind
Member Since: 04 Jul 2008
Location: In A World of My Own!
Posts: 2890
Result!
Pleased you got it sorted Must stop buying shiny toys....
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