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Old 10-29-2012, 09:15 PM
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Around 85mph I get a slight shimmy in the steering wheel. Could it be the road surface? Etc?
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up and down or side to side?
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Usually, this indicates an out of balance or out of round wheel/tire.

The first step is to find a shop with a Hunter Road Force balancer, accept no substitutes!
Get them to balance so the road force is down around 10, hopefully that will fix you up.

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Side to side. Thanks!'
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I'm no mechanic but usually up and down indicates wheel balancing off and side to side indicates a front end component needs to be replaced such as a tie rod or ball joint.
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A wheel weight may have come off. Like everyone said, get them re-balanced and the road force balance is the best
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