steering wheel rattle at high speeds - United Bimmer Community

**bigxcam** · 07-29-2009, 10:52 PM

my 96 328i has steering wheel rattle at high speeds. I can actually turn the steering wheel a degree or 2 to the left or right and get out of the rattle. wheel bearing?

thanks,
Cam

**3050rpm** · 07-30-2009, 09:10 AM

Could you help with some further details? What speed or speed range? Does it seem to be coming from outside or inside the passenger compartment? Does the steering wheel shimmy or is it smooth yet the rattle seems to come from the steering column? My quick guess is that this is a case of wheel balancing, but more remotely could be engine or transmission mounts needing replacement.

**bigxcam** · 07-30-2009, 10:28 AM

I'm going to get a wheel balance and an alignment as it pulls to the right a bit. I'll let yah know if that helped.

thanks again,
Cam

Big Evil · 07-30-2009, 08:25 PM

Bad bearings should show up at the alignment, depending on how bad they are they most likely won't be able to align it. And yes more details please

**youngunn** · 08-10-2009, 02:18 PM

i had the same problem, it was just a wheel bearing fix. when i would go over a certain speed and turn the wheel wouldn't turn as stiff and raddle.

**bigxcam** · 08-14-2009, 03:59 PM

It ended up being the wheels I got off craigslist. I got burnt. 2 bent rims, flat spotted from probably a pot hole. DOH!