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Old Dec 11, 2009 | 09:04 PM
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I've had my Jeep for about 3 mo. now its an '07 therefore its used, but the dealership did all my lift and that good stuff... Anyways Im experiencing a shimmy in my steering ive read up on lots of stuuf and pretty sure its not the death wobble... My alignment might be of havent checked that yet.. the tires are 37s and have little baby weights on them therefore im positive they have to be balanced... ANY HELP please.......!!!!! Thank You All.
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 08:36 AM
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Shimmy at all speeds or bump related?
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 09:14 AM
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there's not much information on what you said, but it does sound like your tires need to be balanced again, I do think its a lot easier to get advice from a good shop rather than the internet. (I have been told that i'm sarcastic and never contribute to anything.....really never?) my answers are a lot nicer this time around , good luck.
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 12:01 PM
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Originally Posted by Millerman999
I've had my Jeep for about 3 mo. now its an '07 therefore its used, but the dealership did all my lift and that good stuff... Anyways Im experiencing a shimmy in my steering ive read up on lots of stuuf and pretty sure its not the death wobble... My alignment might be of havent checked that yet.. the tires are 37s and have little baby weights on them therefore im positive they have to be balanced... ANY HELP please.......!!!!! Thank You All.
You might just try rotating the tires from the front to back just to see what that does. If it clears it up then those front tires were out of balance.
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 08:45 PM
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sounds good and yes bump related... mainly around 35-50 mph... And i checked underneath today... Do the weights need to be identicle to both sides of the Jeeps tire like one tire has the weights up top when the one across has the weights on the bottom... should i rotate them so they are equal?
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 08:54 PM
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weights can be placed in different spots on all tires. they will never sit the same on all tires ,or let's say that would be very unusual.
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Old Dec 12, 2009 | 10:17 PM
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weights can be placed in different spots on all tires. they will never sit the same on all tires ,or let's say that would be very unusual.
what he said......All tires are different. Even identical tires and wheels will balance differently, thus the placing of the weights on different locations. You will probably also notice one tire/wheel will have more weight than another.
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Old Dec 13, 2009 | 08:48 AM
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Alright, so I'm sure they are balanced and everything is tight so its gotta be a loose trackbar or misalignment because when i had it in 4x4 the other day it was pulling to the right...?
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