Spacer problems, wheel shake or wobbles - try this fix
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- čas přidán 10. 07. 2020
- Already made sure your mating surfaces are clean and flat, still having vibration issues? This is what I've been doing to make sure I'm not having any wheel judder, shake, wobble issues caused by the - hub centric - spacers I'm using on my car.
Also found out I say 'you know' an awful lot watching this video back. :)
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This works like magic! I had done alignment, wheel balancing even got new tyres and steering wheel was still wobbling… so I tried this as last chance and it absolutely worked a treat! Many thanks!
Glad to hear it worked for you.
Great info - and an excellent solution. Thanks! Moral of the story - get the best spacers with a warrantied fitment - H&Rs for my RS5 and S6 - no issues....
I have the same issue and I didnt figure it out until today. Your solution is genius! Thank you sir!
Your a legend Mate !!
Good advice. Top tip if you use some spray copper slip on the wheel and then install your spacer with tin foil, it will keep it there whilst you install it, will also prevent your spacer from seizing onto the wheel, also do the hub as well, cos dissimilar metals seize together.
Also just because im OCD, why o why didn't you super clean those wheel front and back whilst they were off the car 😢
did you have wheel wobble? doesnt look like the spacers are fitting correctly. This happened to me and I figured the spacers fit OEM BMW wheels but not BBS wheels. Same hub size but slight different fit.
I did this but a little different..bough titan spacers for my nissan maxima and there was a bit of play both up and down on the hub..I used a strip of masking tape around the hub and it tightened it right up and fixed my vibration
Nice one.
This is very resourceful but they do make hubcentric rings that fill that void of space so you don't have to use tape.
@@dilloncarter3800 I did buy hubcentric spacers thats the whole problem they don't fit properly
With your spacers did it cause steering wheel whobble around 50mph ?
@@Em2Ron when I had aftermarket rims that weren't hub-centric I had some bad vibration even with the rings ...when I got the correct spacers for Nissan size wheels with my OEM wheels there wasn't any noticable vibration...I feel like hub-centric is very important more than people think...if you try lug centric no matter how good you try to line them up you will get noticable vibrations when driving on the highway and it will make it dreadful of you do alot of highway driving...if you have ones that are hub-centric they should not vibrate too bad or at all really...and if they are hub-centric and there's still a tad bit of play you can do what's show in this video or wrap a thin piece of tape around the hub part of the spacer and it should fix it....and obviously make sure all the lug nuts are about as tight as you can get them without breaking
It's called the paper test. You put a paper between the wheel and space and if the paper comes out its the chanfer of the spacer that's cut differently than your wheel. Hence you spacer is not the correct one for your wheel.
thx man,, super helpful
This is amazing. Unfortunately i put red locktight on my studs already. 😮
Heat gun
You mention cleaning the contact patches at the start of the video. But how do you clean them?
I used sand paper, and file for the corners.
Awesome man. I have the same issue and will try this one. Did you have to replace the foil though after a while?
Did it work?
h&r spacers on my mk4 and im having issues i should try cleaning and doin this method thanks
same, i also bought h&r spacers and experience a wobble / loose streering wheel when driving on bad roads. damn h&r!
@@feliiiik any updates I’m having the same problem it’s scary
@@leojohnwayne1422 it turned out it wasnt the H&R spacers. ended up changing my entire front and rear shocks / struts plus new rear sway bar and bushings. car drives great again. are yours H&R branded spacers?
@@feliiiik oh wow that’s a lot
Yes they are H&R
I noticed on high speeds when merging on the expressway or even switching lanes the car seems to wobble. It’s scary especially on rainy days. It’s been 3 months
I know for a fact my steering wheel feels much lighter as well. Before it wasn’t like that
@@leojohnwayne1422 damn, that sucks. I would take off the spacers and test-drive to see if you have the same issue. It's possible something went bad at the same time so it may seem like the spacers are the issue. Have you also tried cleaning the hub with a wire brush and hitting it with break cleaner? It's also possible some rust is present causing an uneven surface for the spacer to mount on .
hmm it only made it worse on mine, even tho there is no more play in the spacer
hmm, all I can think of is that even though you got rid of the play, it's not perfectly centred.
That’s the click sound I get when you were wiggling the spacer
any update?
funny cause i was looking everywhere and i also came across the threaad you were talking about. I believe it was a porche forum.
@@feliiiik Not sure which update you're after, but I can say after a year, the wheels are still great. No shakes or wobbles. The only (minor) issue I have is a bit of tyre rub on the inner fenders at the back, when the car comes down over a bump. My tyres are already 10mm wider than the standard 265mm, and I thought I was playing it safe by only getting 10mm spacers at the back, when everyone was saying you could easily fit 15mm spacers with 275mm tyres.
Try the appropriate hubcentric ring next time or ensure that the spacer's center bore matches your vehicles hub diameter
They do match - we're talking about manufacturer's tolerance here.
@@taylorSim1 then what's the need for the tin foil if there isn't a gap in tolerance?
Then the spacer would fit perfectly.🙃
@@MicRuLerZ because the flat side of the spacer is NOT flat
@@ACommenterOnCZcams lol that's not what we were talking about
this man really trusting his life with foil lol
I got wobble. Immediately returned my spacers
i have idle speed wobble and 65 mpg vibration
can you guys describe the vibration that you were getting? is it just sound or can you feel it in the steering wheel as well?
I have just installed spacers, car drives great but i am hearing some choppy sounds at higher speeds. Maybe its just road noise and i am over reacting.
@@lukaszM46 my steering wheel vibrates at 65 mph ... Like un-balanced wheels but they are balanced.
Also at idle speed, i can feel the front having a lump to it as if i had a bubble on the tire which is doesn't
@@ACommenterOnCZcams Thanks for the quick reply. I test drove for 60km and 1 hour of driving, at speeds up to 160km/h and i still cant determine if there is a problem or not, more likely there is not.
I definitely don't have shake in the steering wheel, just this choppy sound at high speed, maybe it was there before. probably i am over reacting.
@@lukaszM46 You could always take them off and do a test drive without them to see if that noise is still there ...
Tape would wear faster than aluminum
Lol, messing around with foil and shit? Just get some spacers that fit correctly. Don't cheap out.
Hub rings
If you need to make shims out of aluminium foil,all is not well. Junk the crap and either start again,or even better dont bother.After all manufacturers spend hundreds of millions on R & D,so if spacers were a good idea . You get my point.
YOU just need a wheel balance
You’re having issues with cheap spacers 🤔 and now you’re fixing it with foil 🤔
Did you try checking your brake fluid, that might be it.
you should apply a paper test... put an A4 paper between the wheel and the spacer if you can take the paper out easily then forget about using that spacer it s dangerous otherwise. this aliminium foil will not save your life while driving high speed.
Honestly if I could fit a sheet of paper between the wheel and especially a hubcentric spacer - and pull it out: There would indeed be a major issue with the spacer.