The Big Blacks shimmy

[Orin Eman]

The old TSB for brake shimmy says replace the control arm bushings if they
are more than 40k miles old...

Orin.


> I chased this for 2 months in my old 5000 - it turned out to be a bad end on
> the control arm. Didn't find it until I took the suspension apart. Worth a
> look.
>
> Igor Kessel wrote:
>
> > Folks,
> > this is strange.
> > My Big Blacks shimmy under light pedal application ONLY if I am braking
> > from above 60 mph. The steering wheel shakes rather violently if braking
> > from above 100 mph. No shimmy whatsoever in city traffic in stops from
> > 50 mph and below.
> >
> > I am utterly puzzled. The brakes have been properly broken in. And no, I
> > didn't do any track events lately, just normal city driving. Hell, I
> > didn't even warp my G60 in previous years.
> >
> > My set-up:
> > 928gts + RS2 + S8 (323x30mm, by Zimmermann, slotted) + Mintex Red
> >
> > Any ideas?
> >
> > --
> > Igor Kessel
> > two turbo quattros
>