Replaced the compliance bushings, she still wiggles while she walks...

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Old 04-07-2015, 05:42 PM
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Replaced the compliance bushings, she still wiggles while she walks...

Ok, so after the disaster with my lower ball joint and getting the new compliance bushings put in, my TL-S is still doing the shimmy above 55 miles per hour. If anything, I think that it's worse now. I guess the failed bushings were masking something else. So, tires are new and balanced, alignment is good, what else could be causing this shimmy? It feels almost like warped rotors feel when you are braking but this is just driving at speeds above 55 or so. It sometimes, but not always smooths out above 75 or so, but not always. I thought that was weird. What else can fail on these suspensions that I should be looking at? Has anyone ever noticed something like this and fixed it with new struts? I do engine work all the time, but suspensions have me stumped.
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axle?? maybe motor mounts?
Old 04-08-2015, 06:39 AM
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We're the tires balanced on a road force balance machine. I have found it does make a difference if you can find someone who knows how to do it properly. And I have found many that do not do it properly.
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Axles or bent wheels.
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^+1. bent wheels can cause vibrations at only certain speeds because after a certain speed the oscillation becomes fast enough that it's not noticeable
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