Front Wheel Vibrations
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Front Wheel Vibrations
A follow up on a front end vibration problem I chased on my '03 Coupe since I bought it in March of 2017. After putting new tires on as the old fronts were worn bad from the front being out of alinement, getting a good alinement job. Having the new tires rebalance after explaining to the shop about the on going 80 to 100 mph vibration problem. They did make it a bit better but never was able to cure it.
So, next, I started getting a howling noise from the left rear wheel bearing. Changed both sides out and that fixed that. Then read about a guy changing the bearings on the fronts to lose a vibration problem he had. But he had found play in the bearings when checking. Mine didn't have any play or roughness when checking them a few times.
So, figured it would not hurt to change them with over 132K miles on them. Did the change out last weekend. Did a few short runs and vibes gone. Didn't have an area to really run for a long time at these speeds and then the weather stop test runs.
Yesterday coming home and jumped on NASCAR I-10 (which I hate to drive on) and finally had an open space for a few miles to test at 80-110 mph. Was able to run it there for about a minute before closing on traffic running in the 75-80 mph range. No Vibes at all. Just road feel.
Learning new stuff everyday in the world of Corvette.
Love my car!
;-)
So, next, I started getting a howling noise from the left rear wheel bearing. Changed both sides out and that fixed that. Then read about a guy changing the bearings on the fronts to lose a vibration problem he had. But he had found play in the bearings when checking. Mine didn't have any play or roughness when checking them a few times.
So, figured it would not hurt to change them with over 132K miles on them. Did the change out last weekend. Did a few short runs and vibes gone. Didn't have an area to really run for a long time at these speeds and then the weather stop test runs.
Yesterday coming home and jumped on NASCAR I-10 (which I hate to drive on) and finally had an open space for a few miles to test at 80-110 mph. Was able to run it there for about a minute before closing on traffic running in the 75-80 mph range. No Vibes at all. Just road feel.
Learning new stuff everyday in the world of Corvette.
Love my car!
;-)
Last edited by awches; Mar 2, 2019 at 10:59 AM.
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It took a while, but you finally did it. Congrats on finding the cure for the vibration. 
