Wind wobble

Peg leg Pete · Post by **Peg leg Pete** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:17 pm

Do not suffer from door flexing, have wind deflectors fitted, and you do get used to a little bit of drifting about. I have followed lorries up the A1 that move about far more than the bongo, just have to be wary of them when overtaking

brorabongo · Post by **brorabongo** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 8:30 pm

I have wind reflecters fitted and have noticed the top of door movement in high winds. I have found my Bongo (lowroof) is better in the wind than my works Sprinter.

Mathter · Post by **Mathter** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:20 pm

I have wind defelctors fitted too. Coming home today I notice the top of the door seemed to be flapping about a bit. The passenger one seemed normal. Very odd. Glad I saw this thread cos I was getting really quite worried about it. Not noticed it before. Just put it down to a bit of character then!

alan · Post by **alan** » Mon Mar 19, 2007 10:34 pm

Mathter wrote:I have wind defelctors fitted too. Coming home today I notice the top of the door seemed to be flapping about a bit. The passenger one seemed normal. Very odd. Glad I saw this thread cos I was getting really quite worried about it. Not noticed it before. Just put it down to a bit of character then!

same here and i stop to make sure i did shut the door

RobinS · Post by **RobinS** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:26 am

We have wind deflectors, and noticed the top of the doors flapping about as well - but on that occaision it was windy enough for the A1 to be closed by blown-over lorries!

Robin

pippin · Post by **pippin** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:41 am

It's normal folks!

In the early days of the forum there was quite a bit of discussion on the topic of the door flex.

The wind deflectors received a lot of the blame but it was decided that their benefits outweighed the disadvantages.

Mathter · Post by **Mathter** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:05 pm

Good to hear it! Very odd though. And no draft!?

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:17 pm

I remember those posts pippin, They seemed to crop up about this time of year every year didn't they? I've never experienced the door flappy thing, but its very common.
I find the worst wobble is when you are in the "slow lane" of the motorway,in conjunction with high winds.

HGV's cause little ruts on the inner lane making it tricky to keep the bongo in a straight line sometimes.

alan · Post by **alan** » Wed Mar 21, 2007 7:27 pm

HGV's cause little ruts on the inner lane making it tricky to keep the bongo in a straight line sometimes
tell me it about we had this 2week ago going down to Exeter

shutty747 · Post by **shutty747** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 5:21 pm

if you want to remedy the wind wobble (try saying that again!), lowering the bongo's suspension has the double effect of
- lowering the centre of gravity, and
- stiffening the springs, giving more resistance to the sideways force.

It's arguable whether the inch or so less height makes an aerodynamic difference too.

I definitely think mine is more stable down the motorway now.

bigdaddycain · Post by **bigdaddycain** » Thu Mar 22, 2007 8:15 pm

Thanks shutty, thats another excuse to get my bongo lowered...

earhook · Post by **earhook** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 3:35 pm

my bongo moved so violently recently that my bowels nearly followed suit.

trevd01 · Post by **trevd01** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:05 pm

Been thinking further about this...

The lightness of Bongo steering makes it easy to overcompensate, hence increasing the wobble?

mikeonb4c · Post by **mikeonb4c** » Sun Mar 25, 2007 6:22 pm

Could be right trevd01 - wobbliness is a state of mind. The the Bongos best days are not windy ones (unlike me - I can be windy as hell and still have a smile on my face)