[moderat0r]

hello All,

rear wheel drive only. bmw e90 323i 2011 N52 Sedan 110K miles 170K KM on odometer


Regardless of speed highway or city roads speed, Steering vibrates right and left, but not so strong vibration, that if you put both hands on steering then you cant tell that its vibrating, it happens mostly on Concrete roads but doesnt happen on Asphalt roads,


its been happening for years and I thought it was due to front rotors rusted and not flat anymore, yesterday I replaced all rotors and pads as they were due and I am still having steering wobble,


not sure what to do from here for the wobble

Front tires are pretty old as compare to rear tire and they are also end of life.





Thanks for reading

[ctuna]

My shakes where due to thrust arm bushing's being worn out.
I would look at the bushings if you have a high mileage car.

[gaze2]

My bet is alignment or probably bad dampers.

Is there "bump steer"? Like when you go over a crack in the road the wheel shakes. That were the symptoms of my bad tie rods.
Does the wheel shake more when you brake? That is probably bad suspension arms.
Does the vibration go away above 60-70 mph? Then it could be wheel balance.

[moderat0r]

Originally Posted by gaze2

My bet is alignment or probably bad dampers.

Is there "bump steer"? Like when you go over a crack in the road the wheel shakes. That were the symptoms of my bad tie rods.
Does the wheel shake more when you brake? That is probably bad suspension arms.
Does the vibration go away above 60-70 mph? Then it could be wheel balance.

on newly paved asphalt roads it doesnt happen, especially at lower speed, its not noticable, 35mph or 50-70kmph its noticable

no, it doesnt shake more, it used to when the brake discs were rusted and were far from even

[gaze2]

Originally Posted by moderat0r

on newly paved asphalt roads it doesnt happen, especially at lower speed, its not noticable, 35mph or 50-70kmph its noticable

no, it doesnt shake more, it used to when the brake discs were rusted and were far from even

I would say go for an alignment then, could also be the old tires not being round-ish anymore

[phils2]

Mine was a buckled rear hub (don't ask me how that could have happened, I've not hit anything)
It was mainly under braking though.

[moderat0r]

Originally Posted by gaze2

I would say go for an alignment then, could also be the old tires not being round-ish anymore

you are right, tires are really old, like breaking from the wall kind of old