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1. [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 09:20:45 +0800
No, I'm not talking about Christina Aguilera! I have a very mysterious rear end shimmy at all speeds, whether in gear or out of gear. When going slow it feels like one of my rear wheels is out of rou
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00465.html (7,927 bytes)

2. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: Larry Varley <varley@cosmos.net.au>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:46:17 +1000
I have had this happen, and it turned out to be a tire that was coming apart internally. The tyre looked ok, but when I spun the wheel there was a lump in it Cheers Larry ___________________________
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00466.html (8,819 bytes)

3. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Tom Felts" <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 22:01:55 -0400
I think you have hit on it Larry. I remember a situation like that years tom or It is a bit sides tight. seems is come offset _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net ht
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00467.html (9,251 bytes)

4. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: <pennell@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:17:34 -0400
I like Larry's suggestion. Have you also checked for warped rotors in the rear? Keith Pennell _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/lis
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00469.html (8,300 bytes)

5. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: Alan Schultz <alan@andysnet.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 08:10:14 -0500
I assume you carefully checked all the spokes in the wire wheels? Alan Schultz 67BJ8 _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/heal
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00480.html (7,232 bytes)

6. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 22:15:32 +0800
Good thought, I'll do that but when I checked a month ago there wasn't nary a spoke out of tune... Alan - Original message - I assume you carefully checked all the spokes in th -- Alan '52 A90 '53 B
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00481.html (7,784 bytes)

7. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: David Nock <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 11:44:15 -0700
Check the driveshaft universals. David Nock British Car Specialists Stockton Ca 95205 209-948-8767 www.britishcarspecialists.com . . _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00488.html (9,676 bytes)

8. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: <insptwo@msn.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:49:14 -0400
Try changing your spare with one rear tire and then the other. That way you will eliminate the tires and wheels as a problem. Bill BJ7 _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.t
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00492.html (9,067 bytes)

9. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:28:05 +0800
Good suggestion - thanks! Alan -- Alan '52 A90 '53 BN1 '64 BJ8 _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00495.html (9,937 bytes)

10. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:30:18 +0800
Thanks for the suggestion but the shimmy is there whether I'm in gear or coasting in neutral so I don't think its the driveshaft. I will check it though... Alan - Original message - Check the drives
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00496.html (10,592 bytes)

11. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "63AHBJ7" <63ahbj7@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2007 20:47:07 -0500
<<coasting in neutral so I don't think its the driveshaft.>> Unless you have a REALLY strange car Alan, the drive DOES continue to rotate!! (and at a good clip!!) Ed _________________________________
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00500.html (7,496 bytes)

12. [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 08:28:19 -0400
After balancing the usual suspects, the culprit turned out the be the drive shaft splines. Ned Smith 62 Tbird HT 67 Austin-Healey BJ8 near Chattanooga, TN N34.89, W85.47 _____________________________
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00507.html (7,742 bytes)

13. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Mark and Kathy" <mgtrcars@galaxyinternet.net>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:50:41 -0400
The Whaty? ML _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00515.html (8,706 bytes)

14. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "david porter" <frogeye@swcp.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:03:10 -0600
--==0799270361== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1250" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit The drive shaft is two pieces, the slider and longer distance shaft (or what ever others call them).
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00516.html (9,533 bytes)

15. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Alan Seigrist Blue 100" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:50:27 +0800
Good idea but I aligned the splines properly 15 years ago when I replaced the U-joints then. No problems until a week ago. This type of U-joint misalignment would not result in the shimmy I feel when
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00519.html (9,752 bytes)

16. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>
Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 10:45:27 -0400
In my case the splines were worn and sloppy. The shaft had to re-splined? at a cost of around $200.00 Ned Smith 62 Tbird HT 67 Austin-Healey BJ8 near Chattanooga, TN N34.89, W85.47 The drive shaft is
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00524.html (8,424 bytes)

17. Re: [Healeys] Rear End Shimmy (score: 1)
Author: "Ron Osowski" <rosowski@tampabay.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 23:22:30 -0400
About a month or two ago I had a similar situation develop on my BJ-8 (36800) during a run south on I-275 over the Skyway bridge to have lunch with Gerry Coker and the Tampa Bay Austin Healey club at
/html/healeys/2007-06/msg00565.html (11,458 bytes)


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