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Originally Posted by oldskewel
Sometimes you go and find the problem. Sometimes you sit back and let the problem find you. This might be something in the latter category.
But hey, something completely different that should be easy to check ...
Sometimes the steering wheel gets a little loose on these cars due to a problem at the double u-joint in the steering column.
With the car parked and off, can you feel any loose wiggle in the steering wheel?
When I first got my '01 3.0i, it had about 2 cm of left-right wiggle like that. For me, it turned out to be a simple matter of loosening, recentering, and torquing/threadlocking the set screws that hold the double-u-joint assembly to the column. That assembly is visible with not too much effort on the 3.0i, looking down in the engine bay. Once tightened properly, it should be perfectly tight, with no slop.
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Had all four tires changed to be the same tread brand etc and still at 65mph and over i get the steering wobble left to right not as far as 2cm maybe 0.5-1.0cm, have to check the looseness when the car is parked and off and will revert.