Steering wheel wobble

[kiloran]

Well, that was an easy fix - unequal tyre pressures. It's not getting much use, barely driven since before Christmas because of no school run and now lockdown and I reckon the way it's parked on the drive is having an impact. Pumped up to the recommended settings (I love that my car has a pressure sticker on the the driver's side door that looks like it's just left the showroom) and the wobble is almost entirely gone.
Thanks for the advice.

[AllHailKingVolvo]

It may be that the odd tyre pressures were exaggerating a bit of play in a track rod end-my 940 had a worn OS track rod end that would cause a little oscillation in the steering if the pressures weren't perfectly even.

I wasn't aware of the worn track rod end until the car failed it's MOT on it a few months back-I put it down to a wheel that needed balancing and added it to my "to do" list. After I fitted a new TRE (the only thing the car failed on, bar a slightly perished brake hose-handily on the OSF also-so just one wheel off to do the work!) and had the tracking done, it was like driving on a pool table!

[kiloran]

Originally Posted by AllHailKingVolvo

It may be that the odd tyre pressures were exaggerating a bit of play in a track rod end-my 940 had a worn OS track rod end that would cause a little oscillation in the steering if the pressures weren't perfectly even.

I wasn't aware of the worn track rod end until the car failed it's MOT on it a few months back-I put it down to a wheel that needed balancing and added it to my "to do" list. After I fitted a new TRE (the only thing the car failed on, bar a slightly perished brake hose-handily on the OSF also-so just one wheel off to do the work!) and had the tracking done, it was like driving on a pool table!

Thanks - looks an easy/cheap job so I'll add it to the list of potential jobs for spring.