Front end replaced..STILL got shimmy/vibration grrrrrr
04-11-2014, 02:05 PM
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Front end replaced..STILL got shimmy/vibration grrrrrr
Well today I had the front upper and lower control arms replaced, as well as tie rod ends and drop links.
Still getting the shimmy through the car, so it MUST be the from the rear, surely?
Does anyone have any help/suggestions or ideas? It driving me a bit potty to be honest!
Thanks
Still getting the shimmy through the car, so it MUST be the from the rear, surely?
Does anyone have any help/suggestions or ideas? It driving me a bit potty to be honest!
Thanks
04-13-2014, 01:43 PM
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the following has helped me in the past...
Place the car on jackstands (or raise one wheel at a time), and place a marker (or chalk) in any mount you can think off. Place the end of your marker close to the sidewall of the tire and then rotate the tire. If anything is out of spec, you should find a high spot where the tire or wheel touches your marker. Any variation will be visible as the distance between the marker and wheel or tire opens and closes.
I had a slight shimmy that was driving me nuts trying to find the cause; turned out I had one tire where the cord was beginning to separate and allowed the tire to deform. It wasn't readily visible to the naked eye but was very obvious when using the above method. A replacement tire corrected the shimmy.
A less like possibility is there is something preventing the wheel from laying flat against the hub. I had another instance where somewhere/somehow a 2-3mm thick washer was layed over a wheel stud. That one took me six months to find (because I wasn't looking for a washer because everyone knows you don't put a washer on a wheel stud!).
FWIW and I hope this helps.
Place the car on jackstands (or raise one wheel at a time), and place a marker (or chalk) in any mount you can think off. Place the end of your marker close to the sidewall of the tire and then rotate the tire. If anything is out of spec, you should find a high spot where the tire or wheel touches your marker. Any variation will be visible as the distance between the marker and wheel or tire opens and closes.
I had a slight shimmy that was driving me nuts trying to find the cause; turned out I had one tire where the cord was beginning to separate and allowed the tire to deform. It wasn't readily visible to the naked eye but was very obvious when using the above method. A replacement tire corrected the shimmy.
A less like possibility is there is something preventing the wheel from laying flat against the hub. I had another instance where somewhere/somehow a 2-3mm thick washer was layed over a wheel stud. That one took me six months to find (because I wasn't looking for a washer because everyone knows you don't put a washer on a wheel stud!).
FWIW and I hope this helps.
