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Old 10-18-2001, 01:43 PM
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Shimmy at 75 mph +

I am experiencing a shimmy when I drive 75 mph or higher. I had my tires rebalanced and it seems a bit worse now. Any ideas why?
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Old 10-18-2001, 02:28 PM
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Re: Shimmy at 75 mph +

Maybe you have one or more bad tires?
 
Old 10-18-2001, 02:50 PM
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yea u may have a bad tire or rim.......did ur rims balance out to 0-0........if 1 didnt have the rim and tire checked!
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Old 10-18-2001, 03:14 PM
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are you on aftermarket rims? if you are make sure you got your hubcentric rings in there too. the balance can come out perfect, and still vibrate at above 70mph without those hubcentric rings.
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Old 10-18-2001, 03:23 PM
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this si a problem most of the maximas out there, we think that the rack isn't set properly, balancing, new tires, alignment never helped me and I 've been trying to fix the problem for 2 years now
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Old 10-19-2001, 05:56 AM
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A couple months back, every once in a while, my car began shimmying at 65+ mph. Some days it wouldn't other times it would..front end, tires, wheels, balancing all checked out.
I began noticing that the days that it didn't shimmy, was when I didn't have the front end bra on. When I removed the bra, no more shimmying.
Wind must have been getting under the bra...So now my custom fit, $65 Le-bra, sits neatly folded in my trunk..
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Old 10-19-2001, 07:37 AM
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yea hes right......its weird some days my car rides smooth as hell and some days it shakes.......i dont understand it!!
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Old 10-19-2001, 11:35 AM
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I have the sometimezy

problem too.. I am starting to believe my Springs may shift a bit.
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