shaking

hope people can help, i've got a w reg 1.8 petrol, 5 door
at about 30 up to about 70 when you have the power on in any way its like you have buckled front wheels and a scratchy noise, after 70 it calms down, still there but only very little.

had tyre's checked and balanced, still there.
had o/s wheel bearing done, still there,
had rear dif done, ok for test run, then back again,
any one help?

Try Newsgroups Bottom of the page (steering shake) might be of some help.

Almost certainly a driveshaft needs replacing.

thanks, but how much approx will that set me back? and is it a big job?

muddy wheeler said:

Try Newsgroups Bottom of the page (steering shake) might be of some help.

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there is not really any shaking in the steering like that, just the whole car

A new drive shaft could cost less than £60 from ebag.A genuine one from a dealer could cost many multiples of that (€560+fat,from my local stealer in Ireland).The ffront drivers side drive shaft usually goes first.
you could check it yourself by lifting the front of the vehicle off the ground and grab the shaft near the ird try to rattle it,if it shakes about even a bit up/down,back or forth its almost certainly knackered.
Search drive shaft,or get a haynes manual and you might find a step by step guide on how to replace the d/s.

I have no idea what the scratchy noise could be.I hope your more mechanically minded than my missis..good luck.

many thanks i will give it a shot, i'll get other half to have a go lol

going to take the prop shaft off tuesday to eliminate that and the transfer box, as garage determined it is the tranfer box but i think the same as you drive shaft, any advice on that?

I haven't reread this http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f9/went-mondo-today-new-vcu-damper-very-important-93627.html but the shaking you describe is the reason I removed my propshaft,thinking it was the prop support bearings and vcu damper that caused the wobble.
I dont know if I went back to let people know it was the drive shaft.

There are other things that could cause your shaking,but I have only had the drive shaft problem.

it could be the engine mounts. here have a look at this thread. this should sort it out!

http://www.landyzone.co.uk/lz/f8/harsh-rough-engine-above-2500-rpm-all-gears-normal-100981.html

That fault is usually the rear diff front mounting if i remember right.