shuddering at speed

[paulr]

Hi everyone..it's been a while.

All is good with my 280SL, except one thing:-

The car is fairly smooth until 70mph +. I feel a slight sort of rotary wobble like flat spots on my tyres. There is no noise and the tyres are good. Any ideas ?

[kampala]

Typically, not pagoda specific, a wobble or shudder at specific higher speeds means the tires need to be balanced again.  This assumes all bushings are checked and are okay.

[w113dude]

I had exact same problem with mine, it turned out one of the front steel wheel was wobbly and was getting the shakes over 60 mph. after replacing it with a spare that I had all is well now.

[mdsalemi]

Paul, go to www.gsp9700.com and locate a shop with a Hunter Road Force balancer, GSP9700. Makes a big dfference over conventional balance.

[paulr]

yes, wheel balancing. thats it, of course.

Thanks boys.

paulr