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ChrisW:
Have suddenly developed quite a noticeable vibration between 30-45/50ish. It seems to have started since Friday when we had all the wheels off to replace brake pipes.
All the wheels went back on in the positions they came off.
Tyres were fitted about 3 weeks ago and were running fine until Friday.

Took her to kwik-fit today and had all the wheels re-balanced - apparently a couple of the wheels were 'out' but not 100% impressed after one of the "mechanics" came and told me they'd put the muppet on it.

Driving afterwards it seemed a little less but still quite noticeable.

Prop UJ's all seem fine and no play in wheel bearings etc.

I have a feeling it's probably still down to wheel balancing, I think the next thing I will try is swapping the spare wheel round to see if it makes a difference to any of them.

Anyone else had anything similar or any thoughts?

Range Rover Blues:
Check for bulges in the sidewalls and stones in the tread.  Did they have any trouble balancing them?  Is it worse under braking?  Does the wheels shimmy left/right or just vibrate?

robbie:
I did have something like this once on my old Cortina Mk4..... tried everything. In the end it turned out to be a balcne weight on the prop itself.

The only way I could prove it was to swap shafts with a mate of mine

Might be worth checking for 'clean' bits on the prop

ChrisW:
No bulges, stones, no problems with the balancing, no difference with the braking, just a general vibration.
It only happens when 'driving' - take my foot off the accelerator and coast and it disappears.

You can drive through it tho - get to the other side of 45-50 and it's fine, likewise up to about 30 its ok just between 30 and 45-50ish it's quite a heavy 'whole-car' vibration  :?

Going to have it on the ramps again after work Wednesday and have the wheels off and have a looksy see if we can spot anything amiss.

hobbit:
Not got a load of mud plastered round the wheel have you, can be rather annoying when dried!

Try swapping with the spare

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