[Staowners] SCUTTLE SHAKE REVISITED

[Mal Clark]

Hi Bob,I am almost convinced the front stabiliser mounts maybe the reason,as I said I can not see how the steering set up would cause the shake as when the shake occurs it transmits the sideways shake across the car and into the seats.you can see the dashboard etc shimmering, I also 'Lived" with this shake on the other Alpines, interesting,I would take someone to remove the mounts as you suggested to prove or disprove this, thanks Mal Clark.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bob Hamilton 
  To: Mal Clark ; Staowners at sunbeamtalbot.info 
  Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 9:39 PM
  Subject: Re: [Staowners] SCUTTLE SHAKE REVISITED


  Hi Mal,

  Interesting observations you have presented and confirm that I have absolutely no scuttle shake at this speed in the saloon. I have lived with this phenomenon in the '54 DHC for the past 46 years having had numerous wheel balancing performed on the latest balancing machines, on and off the car and have come to accept this shake as the "nature of the beast", likely a design fault.

  Perhaps the removal of the upper mounts corrects this problem and wondering if I should try the saloon rear mount on the DHC and Alpine and temporarily remove the rubber mounts on the upper front.

  Later,
  Bob


  At 07:49 AM 5/11/2008, Mal Clark wrote:

    Hi everyone.over many years there has been a debate on the Alpine Scuttle shake at speeds,between 50 and 60 MPH,all my Alpines 3 of them experianced the scuttle shake around 55 MPH, and as you know this site in the past has had many owners suggesting why they shake, wereas some owners haven't experianced the shake at all, My latest Alpine fitted with power steering.air conditioning,disc brakes and a 5 speed gearbox,does not shake at all in fact there is no feedback through the steering wheel what so ever,and letting the wheel go at these speeds it doesn't move of line,if fact it is so good, brings me to think why,is it the power steering, (can not see a great deal of difference over the original steering box),but one thing that is different to the other Alpines I have owned,because of all the extra's on the motor,(power steer pump. air cond compressor),I can not fit the engine stabliser bars or mounts.and could it be these bars and mounts creating the shake,interested to know if sedan owners have the so called scuttle shake,seeing sedans do not have these bars fitted, (I do have the sedan rear mount on cylinder head) your comments welcome, thanks Mal Clark.
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