Originally Posted by
Aussie Brett
Hi Stevedask,
Did you get a resolution to this problem? My XF has exactly the same problen and I'm keen to know how to fix it.
Cheers,
Aussie Brett.
Well I still have the noise but I think it is prpobably the tires at the end of the day.
I did order the hubcentric spacers that stopped allot of the shaking at high speeds but did nothing for the noise I hear every turn of the wheels.
I also replaced the steering stabilizer which helped out to reduce the high speed shaking even further. ( I highly recommend doing this (15 min and $25) if you have not for a while as it improved the handeling immensely too.
I did put on the original wheels to try and eliminate the tires as the source and the noise did change form a groan every revolution to a constant lower groan that was noit as loud. I also noticed some cupping on the inside tread area of the front tires so basically I'm figuring the tires are probably the issue - but since my tires have lots of tread left I'm not about to replace them, I'll live with the noise and as long as I klnow it's the tires and not something mechanical that may fail I'm OK wiht it. As I said high speed shake is now very minimal now that I put the hub-centric spacers on and changed the steering stabilizer.
I did buy new bearings for the front wheels but I have yet to replace them as I have a feeling it's not the bearing if the noise is not a constant groan.
I suspect what happend was not having the hubcentric spacers allowed the wheels to jump around causing the cuping and un-even wear along with a tire (BF Goodrich G-force) that is already notioriously noisy is creatign the noise I am hearing.
Hope that helps.
Steve