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Old 12-30-2010, 03:21 PM
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Today while driving (accelerating onto freeway) the car W124 E300D started to shake side to side like its going to fall apart, I could not reproduce the fault at any situation and drove smoothly. Checked the D shaft flex joints and they look good - the centre bearing looks ok too.

I did refill a rear tire to full 28 psi - it was near 15psi when the incident happened.

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Wobbles can be attributed to tyres, thought I had all sorts of problems till I replaced the two front tyres on my 450 SEL.
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Have a good look at each tire. A defect in a tire can cause lots of vibration, shaking, or pulling.
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tyres are nearly new, I think it was caused by the low pressure on one tyre
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Old 12-30-2010, 08:02 PM
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Have a good look at each tire. A defect in a tire can cause lots of vibration, shaking, or pulling.

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You could have a bubble in the tread from delaminated belts.
Why was the tire so low on pressure? Probably the same reason as the wobble.
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Old 12-30-2010, 08:09 PM
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tyres are nearly new, I think it was caused by the low pressure on one tyre
it could take less than one day to damage a tire if driven in a low pressure condition. they generate MASSIVE heat into the rubber and damage is very quickly peaked. especially when it's a front tire. have the low tire examined by a tire shop, preferably the shop that installed the tire, perhaps they can get you a replacement for free.

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