Sloan:
A shimmy felt through the steering is normally tire balance or
worn shocks/suspension.
When you have the tires balanced, be certain to have it done
with the trim rings ON the wheels. I had a shimmy that I could not get
rid of - wheels balanced, new shocks, bushings, wheel bearings, etc....
Turned out that one of the trim rings was out of balance enough to make
a difference. A LBC mechanic had seen it before and told me to have the
tires rebalanced with the trim rings on the wheels. VOILA! No more
shimmy. You can throw a tire weight any time, so the occurrence after
the U-joint work may just be a coincidence.
Now if the vibration is coming through the body and weakens or
disappears when you let the car coast with the clutch depressed, then I
would say the U joint work is suspect.
Vance
-----Original Message-----
From: 6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:6pack-bounces+vance.navarrette=intel.com@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of im sloane
Sent: December 11, 2007 5:33 AM
To: 6pack@autox.team.net
Subject: [6pack] Shimmy at 50mph
Hi guys,
I had a trusted local LBC mechanic replace a few U-joints, along with
brake
work. Now truth be told my Six is a pretty poor handling and rattley
ride but
of course I love it. Anyway, I seem to have a pretty bad shimmy at about
50.
Not always there, but pretty bad when it is. I'm way over due for a tire
balance, but could he have put something back together back there that
is
causing the shakes?
Sloane :)
'69-Six
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