strange wobbley thing

[shadrack]

Sooo last nite I was heading into town, doing bout 60 when the x5 started feeling strange from the drivers side front to the point where I was like s**t must have a puncture so slowed right down got out and apeared fine, so I checked wheel nuts-tight so I was puzzled, then I got there went to garage and had 20 psi in one and 30 in other, so still felt funny, so I jacked her up to see if wheel bearing had play in (nealy lost wheel off my old x5 cos of that) that was fine, only things I had was a wheel weight seemed to be missing and I had pressure washed the backs of them off few hours before and I had tyre shine all over he tyre. Got up drove to work today and seems fine!! So now I'm puzzled!

[X5Sport]

It could a wonderful thing called harmonics. Low pressure plus missing wheel weight and in a particular position relative to the other wheels could cause a wobble.

Pump up the tyre, change the positions and it all goes away again. Or you may not have lost a weight after all - or have now lost one from each side so they're cancelling each other out..

On the other hand, the snoozing cat that was in the wheel may now have recovered and gone home..

[shadrack]

I've deffo lost a weight cos I painted the wheels black with weights on and now have a silver patch, lol bout cat!

[graemeX5]

Very odd about the wobble I would get the wheel checked and poss rebaIanced just in case.

However, I never realised the cat was an optional extra on the x5 but I had heard it was an options with jaguars. Sorry for the pun.

[shadrack]

am wondering after driving tnite if it might be a track rod end and or the bottom arm bushes?

[ozzyhufc]

I had same sort of problem it turned out to be the calipier sliders they were sticking ever now and again