Mas (UK)
08-11-2004, 06:21 AM
Hi guys,
Although this is not a BMW car question, I know you guys are without equal when it comes to knowledge and helping friends out on car problems, so I am seeking your thoughts on a problem on my bro's car, a Peugeot 306 LHD european model, front wheel drive. The background is that his car was involved in a minor bang by another motorist to the ft-left wheel arch area. This was repaired under insurance, but he has told me that his car now shakes pretty badly when he's going around 90-100kmph. The wheels have been balanced, but I'm not sure if any alignment was carried out. Anyway, I drove with him the other day and the symptoms are heavy side-to-side shakes from the front of the car, enough to make the whole car shake pretty violantly like maybe you think a wheel is about to come off. It only seems to shake when it is in gear. If you take it out into neutral, the shakes just disappear. Some gears pronounce the shakes a bit more than others. I suspect there may be some damage to the driveshaft, which is why it only seems to shake when in gear. After only a half hour drive, I got out to check the wheel area and noticed a second problem. The steel wheel was hot like hell, you couldn't touch it! Here I suspect the shakes must make the brake disk and pads rub and the heat generated was enough to cook a good english breakfast on! :p I didn't notice anything major wrong with the disk, pads or drive shaft from a home DIY mechanics point of view (but I guess I'm not sure I would really know a good driveshaft from a bad one unless it was sitting in two pieces in front of me), although the rubber boot to the gearbox did have a tiny cut and some grease was leaking out.
I would be grateful for your assistance guys, especially if you have had any similar experiences, to try and find what parts may still be damaged so that we can get them repaired properly.
Cheers,
Mas
Although this is not a BMW car question, I know you guys are without equal when it comes to knowledge and helping friends out on car problems, so I am seeking your thoughts on a problem on my bro's car, a Peugeot 306 LHD european model, front wheel drive. The background is that his car was involved in a minor bang by another motorist to the ft-left wheel arch area. This was repaired under insurance, but he has told me that his car now shakes pretty badly when he's going around 90-100kmph. The wheels have been balanced, but I'm not sure if any alignment was carried out. Anyway, I drove with him the other day and the symptoms are heavy side-to-side shakes from the front of the car, enough to make the whole car shake pretty violantly like maybe you think a wheel is about to come off. It only seems to shake when it is in gear. If you take it out into neutral, the shakes just disappear. Some gears pronounce the shakes a bit more than others. I suspect there may be some damage to the driveshaft, which is why it only seems to shake when in gear. After only a half hour drive, I got out to check the wheel area and noticed a second problem. The steel wheel was hot like hell, you couldn't touch it! Here I suspect the shakes must make the brake disk and pads rub and the heat generated was enough to cook a good english breakfast on! :p I didn't notice anything major wrong with the disk, pads or drive shaft from a home DIY mechanics point of view (but I guess I'm not sure I would really know a good driveshaft from a bad one unless it was sitting in two pieces in front of me), although the rubber boot to the gearbox did have a tiny cut and some grease was leaking out.
I would be grateful for your assistance guys, especially if you have had any similar experiences, to try and find what parts may still be damaged so that we can get them repaired properly.
Cheers,
Mas