Front End Shimmy

[911mike]

Here is another weird possibility, have you lowered your car lately? Or have you had it corner balanced? I lowered mine a bit and picked up a shimmy. I measured the front fenders to the ground, made them even and the shimmy has gone away. If you are carrying more weight on one wheel than the other it may cause your problem. Just my 2 cents.

[dickster]

Supposed to be rainy all week and then clear on Friday so i won't be able to check out any changes till then

whats that all about?

i must admit that since mine became our second car i try and take it out in the dry only

your problem sounds like classic symptoms of out of balance tyres.

[Steve W]

My bet is on either bent rims, out of round tires, or out of balanced wheels. Lift up the front end, spin each wheel, while using a stick or pencil for a reference to check for trueness. If everything looks pretty straight, take the car to a tire shop and have them spin it on their machine to check for roundness and balance to make sure.

[rcecale]

Originally posted by dickster
whats that all about?

i must admit that since mine became our second car i try and take it out in the dry only

I'm really not that way! HONEST!!!

It was a beautiful weekend here in Atlanta this past week so I took advantage of the awesome weather and cleaned the heck out of her. Just didn't want all that work to be negated the very next day. I generally use her as my daily driver unless it's raining really hard, but that's really all about my leaking roof!

As far as having them checked for balance and roundness, I've determined I need to move the front tires to the rear wheels and rear tires to the front wheels, so I'll handle that on Friday, when it's supposed to be beautiful again. I'll have them checkk the front bearings while they have her up in the air.

Randy