How old are your tires? Replaced mine and it fixed similar problem. Gary
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Subject: Tiger Suspension Issue
> Sunbeamers:
> I'm getting some shaking/bumping through the steering wheel at higher
> speeds (above 65 mph). This is a relatively new happening. I had the
> wheels (Panasports) balanced yesterday and I tightened up the under hood
> steering column bracket that was a little loose, but there was no real
> improvement, if any.
>
> The odd part of it is the vibration is not steady. It seems to vibrate in
> a rythymic pattern. When I accelerate up to 65 and beyond it starts
> vibrating and over three or four seconds vibrates more, then lessens and
> starts over again with the same pattern.
>
> I can't see anything obvious broken on the front suspension but then I
> don't really know what I'd be looking for.
>
> By way of possible clues, I do have a leaky steering rack boot and old
> Spax adjustable shocks. I did have to loosen the steering rack a while
> back but re-torqued the bolts to factory specs after that. The car steers
> perfectly straight down the road. The driver's front side shock may have
> an issue with it's adjustment feature, and the shocks "squeak" a bit when
> I bounce the car up and down but they don't leak as far as I can tell.
>
> Has anyone had a fairly sudden issue like this come up with their car and
> what should I look for or suspect?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Steve Sage
> 1966 MK1A
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