Re: 5KCSTQ: 'Unshakable' Steering Wheel Shimmy

[ekellock@juno.com]

On my CGT, badly rusted brake rotors turned out to be mostly responsible
for a steering wheel shimmy, right at the magic 55 of course.  I had the
wheels dynamically balanced to correct this (at NTW in North Dallas,
Addison actually). Of course they are the same shop who bought me a new
rear hub when they stripped a lug nut and gave me a set of Pirelli P500's
free when I had about 7 visits under my belt for the aforementioned hub
issue and an impossible balancing/pulling problem which they could not
correct.  It turned out that they had put one tire on my car which was
one size bigger than the rest.  Hmmm.

Ed Kellock ................... Greenville, SC  USA
91 200q avant .......... 87 Coupe GT

On Tue, 8 Sep 1998 17:46:40 -0400 Robert Houk - WorkGroup Server Firmware
<Robert.Houk@East.Sun.COM> writes:
>   [...]
>   At speeds of approx. 50-6- mph, the steering wheel shakes.  I have 
>taken
>   everyone's suggestion(s) to heart -- and I've been back to NTB 3 
>times to
>   have the tires balanced --nothing..  I've had the rims checked for 
>dings
>   and dents - nothing.  The alignment has been checked twice over --
>   nothing... Nothing fixes the shimmy.
>
>My UrQ seems to be particularly noxious about this . . . I watched/
>double-checked the guy, wheels and tires *perfect*, maddening shimmy/
>shake. Grrr!
>
>The only way I could fix the problem is dynamic on-car balance. I
>seriously doubt NTB (your average one, anyways) has the equipment
>to do this. I go to a place called Direct Tire in Waltham, MA
>[Needham? One of them there towns . . .], expensive, but it works.
>
>   This did NOT happen to my care before the BOGEs were installed and 
>the car
>   was aligned.
>
>By the by, I assume you've verified all the obvious, like no play
>in other parts of the suspension, bushings, ball joints, etc. (I
>once had a ball joint bolt come loose -- damn thing only shook at
>25mph...)
>
>Not to mention aligned *correctly* (snide snipe at NTB...)
>
>   Can anyone tell me what this could be and how to stop it?  It's 
>probably
>   'barely noticeable' to other drivers, but you know how we get...
>
>Yeah, being anal is a real PITA, ain't it.
>
>					-RDH
>

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