(T) Stilo JTD Tyre Wear

I've posted a message on here before about excessive inner front tyre wear on my '02 5dr Stilo JTD.

I've had the tracking and camber checked and the tracking was out a tiny bit, but the camber is fine.

Anyway I'm getting vibration in the cabin and through the steering.

It gets really noticeable above 50 and seems to be worse in corners.

The weird thing is sometimes I can break and the steering is fine, other times I get a lot of shaking in the steering.

Now I'm thinking I'm going to replace the track rod ends and drop links, but my brother suggested it could be the sub frame.

Could someone tell me what the symptoms of a knackered sub frame are?

Thanks

Steve

Personally I've never come across it on here before new one to me..I think you need to get all the steering joints/lower arms etc checked over and the rack as well for ware..if the rack has got ware the tracking will be out what ever you try ..

Bulitin was issued for lower arms [44.01.03] is the bullitin number if thats any help to you..

The car has 2 new suspension arms, 2 new monroe shock absorbers and new brake disks and pads. I had 4 new avon ZZ3's and the car was 95% sorted for a while but the shaking has come back. The front tyres were knackered in about 6-7K miles and I don't drive that quickly.

I've not replaced the worn tyres yet, I swapped them to the back to see what it would do and feels the same.

I had a tempra years ago that did this, a vibration I just couldn't sort.

The ball joints were badly corroded so I'm wondering if the track rod ends and drop links are in as sorry a state.

Vibration can often be caused by a worn drive shaft, which is not related to tyre wear.

What are they setting the tracking to? I believe stilo's have been changed and now should be set to 0 deg to stop tyre wear.

Ive heard that track rod ends on Stilos are a little bit of a common thing?

I think one of mine could do with being replaced as one tyre in particular on the front is wearing more on the inside edge. Although ive now swapped tyres back to front to monitor the wear.

Obviousl question, but are your tyre pressures correct? Checked often?

cant you try something as simple and cheap as re-balancing the wheels before you go stabbing in the dark at more expensive/complicated things?

commonsense,replacing parts at whim is a expensive way to do things.

Yes the wheels were balanced + 4 new tyres + arms + shocks + brakes.

Shakes all the time worse in corners but sometimes really bad when braking.

Jacked the car up last night and tried to feel for play in left to right and up and down but nothing.

When driving the virbration is still there if I dip the clutch.

My old Tempra used do do this, never fixed that either, that had new arms and track rod ends.

As a previous poster has suggested - it sounds like a drive shaft issue to me - even if not particularly obvious i.e you can't detect it as play.

I'd get it checked out