Spare wheel needed to borrow near Reading..

[Northern_Mike]

Hi all,

does anyone have a Xantia wheel with a road legal tyre on it near Reading that I could borrow for an hour? I'm convinced that the vibration on my car is caused by the rear wheels, but I need two to prove this.

I swapped the drivers side rear wheel for the spare, this made no difference. I swapped the passenger side for the spare, it made a considerable difference, but the wobble is still there. Obviously I only have one spare. I really want to try it with two wheels on that are not mine and see what happens. I don't really want to go to the expense of buying a scrap wheel, making sure there is a road legal tyre on it, then finding out it's not the cause after all..

Help!

Cheers
MIke

[CitroJim]

Got one here Mike...

Sorry, I know, not much use is it...

[Northern_Mike]

Got one here Mike...

Sorry, I know, not much use is it...

Friday ok for you James?

[CitroJim]

Friday ok for you James?

Yes, absolutely perfect Mike

I've sent you a couple of emails about Rattiva by the way

[Citroenmad]

Sounds like a plan Mike, though swapping them front to back would probably change the situation for a steering wobble, if it were the rear wheels.

Just make sure the borrowed wheels are tired and tested

[CitroJim]

Just make sure the borrowed wheels are tired

I'll make sure I keep 'em awake

[Citroenmad]

Just make sure the borrowed wheels are tired

I'll make sure I keep 'em awake

D'oh! Its me thats tired today

[xantia_v6]

The spare wheel on that car is probably out-of round, I had to use it coming back from France 18 months ago, and it caused noticeable vibration.

While I owned both that car and my current car, I swapped the front wheels from my current car with the rear wheels on that one, to make a set of 4 reasonably good alloys on the car that I was keeping. So the rear wheels you have are not the pair that was on the car when I was plagued with the vibration.
The vibration did not really change with a set of new tyres, it did improve with a new(ish) upper engine mount (the horizontal donut), but got gradually worse again after a few 10,000s of miles.

[Northern_Mike]

The spare wheel on that car is probably out-of round, I had to use it coming back from France 18 months ago, and it caused noticeable vibration.

While I owned both that car and my current car, I swapped the front wheels from my current car with the rear wheels on that one, to make a set of 4 reasonably good alloys on the car that I was keeping. So the rear wheels you have are not the pair that was on the car when I was plagued with the vibration.
The vibration did not really change with a set of new tyres, it did improve with a new(ish) upper engine mount (the horizontal donut), but got gradually worse again after a few 10,000s of miles.

The vibration lessened when I used the spare on the N/S/R today.

Sounds like I might have been sold a pup that some people knew had a fault, but didn't have the courtesy to warn me about before I bought it.

[Citroenmad]

Sounds like I might have been sold a pup that some people knew had a fault, but didn't have the courtesy to warn me about before I bought it.

You've got me worried there Mike

I didn't even consider it a fault, slightly annoying yes but I assumed its just a wheel/tyre.

[electronmirror]

Hello Mike,

If you are still looking to borrow a spare wheel I'm in Wokingham, tyre size is the same, mine's an estate as per signature.

Could do Tues, Wed, Thur or Fri.

PM me if I can be of help.

Ted

[Northern_Mike]

Hi Ted,

That would be great. What time on Tuesday? I'm off tomorrow, so ideal.

All the best,

Mike

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[Northern_Mike]

Thanks to the very nice chap Ted, we discovered two things today - the vibration went away when two different wheels were fitted on the back.

BOTH, not just one, of the new-looking Pirelli P6000s have bulges on them. No wonder it was vibrating..

[CitroJim]

Excellent news Mike!

[Northern_Mike]

Excellent news Mike!

Well. Sort of. £160 quid for tyres the same spec isn't exactly "Excellent news" Jim..