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front end shimmy 850 1997

posted by  dave052 on  Thu Apr 7 08:33 CST 2016
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front end shimmies when driving, cv's are new,struts are new, could the wheels not be balanced or is there a different problem that needs attention?








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    front end shimmy 850 1997

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    posted by  alschnertz on  Mon Apr 11 14:40 CST 2016
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    Another possibility is a bent rim.
    It's happened to me on more than one occasion.

    FWIW, I've yet to align a car after a strut replacement. Not saying it is NEVER required, just that I haven't had an issue.








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    front end shimmy 850 1997

    posted by  someone claiming to be dg on  Sun Apr 10 05:43 CST 2016 [RELATED]

    I have replaced my struts a couple times with no alignment and no shimmy resulted. But......the one time I did have problems was basically an "everything else" situation where the tires, tie rods, ball joints, and bushings (control arms on the 97 have new bushings and ball joints) were worn.








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    front end shimmy 850 1997

    posted by  KlausC on  Thu Apr 7 09:02 CST 2016
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    Installation of new struts requires a front end alignment, so that should be OK. It is easy enough to check the balance by rotating the tires front/rear and test driving it. Usually, a wheel out of balance will cause vibrations to get worse with increasing speed - look for a missing lead balancer on the outside of the rims. That happened to me once.

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