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Ryanc May 30, 2011 12:43 PM

Steering shimmy/vibration question?
 
It appears that I get a shimmy/shake between 60-70mph, and it only happens when I am weighted down with cargo. Its also intermittant, it will happen for a mile or two, then stop for a while. Any thoughts? My specs are below.

jeep_creep May 30, 2011 12:48 PM

Hmm that's a strange one, I would start by checking my shocks and sb links

Ryanc May 30, 2011 04:01 PM

Everything appears to be in check. I have heard of bad shocks causing problems, but not speed related? :thinking:

Ryanc May 31, 2011 06:04 AM

Any other ideas?

wildandwillin May 31, 2011 06:08 AM

Check out the ball joints on your knuckles

Ryanc May 31, 2011 06:17 AM


Originally Posted by GREEN-MACHINE (Post 2321261)
have your tires ballanced ,, weight in the back, air flow under the jeep at 60-70 mph causes lift, tires wobble,it dont take much.

Just balanced 1000 miles ago. Balljoints check out good, replaced with prosteers.

Ryanc May 31, 2011 08:36 AM

I think it is these damn piece of %$@% GY MTRs. Nobody can balance them. Goodyear sucks to deal with also.

JKred May 31, 2011 08:39 AM


Originally Posted by Ryanc (Post 2321270)
Just balanced 1000 miles ago. Balljoints check out good, replaced with prosteers.

I know you just got them balanced, but what you might want to try, just to be sure, is rotate the fronts to the rear, then re run the situation. I had the same problem myself, and have suggested this to others with the same results.

Even though you just had them balanced, tires can go out of balance quickly, depending on the type of driving you do, how often you wheel, etc.

It's just my opinion, but I would give it a try, you may be surprised.

wittys-jk May 31, 2011 09:17 AM

My friend was having similar issues and went through a slew of fixes until he finally pulled his steering stabilizer OEM shock off and the damn thing was shot and I mean dead. He replaced it with a rough country dual shock set up and never had the issue again. You may want to check.

Rough_Country May 31, 2011 09:55 AM

Is the shimmy shake in the steering wheel, but only at certain speeds? Or does everything shake at those certain speeds?


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