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Melting Slicks
Joined: Feb 2005
Posts: 3,204
Likes: 4
From: Midland Georgia
St. Jude Donor '06
Same here!
Originally Posted by Desert1957
Hey Guys ,
Just thought I would mention I also have experienced the mistery shake at highway speeds , was ready to buy tires and big balancing when I replaced the front shocks.
Just on a long shot , I thought , come on 17K and the shocks are bad?
Well , guess what they were!
Just think about the explanation of what a shock does?
1.Hold the car up ...WRONG
2.Keeps tires from wearing...WRONG
3.Dampen wheel oscillation...CORRECT
Small and Large harmonics are always happenning on any moving parts , especially front end parts , good quality shocks help squelch all those little pulses out, if your having front end problems and you are sure all the parts are GOOD , try replacing the Shocks , just because they are not leaking oil does not mean they are ok.
Desert
Just thought I would mention I also have experienced the mistery shake at highway speeds , was ready to buy tires and big balancing when I replaced the front shocks.
Just on a long shot , I thought , come on 17K and the shocks are bad?
Well , guess what they were!
Just think about the explanation of what a shock does?
1.Hold the car up ...WRONG
2.Keeps tires from wearing...WRONG
3.Dampen wheel oscillation...CORRECT
Small and Large harmonics are always happenning on any moving parts , especially front end parts , good quality shocks help squelch all those little pulses out, if your having front end problems and you are sure all the parts are GOOD , try replacing the Shocks , just because they are not leaking oil does not mean they are ok.
Desert
Different car after replacing the shocks. I was shocked
Get it shocked 
Melting Slicks
Joined: Mar 2003
Posts: 2,472
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From: Toronto ONTARIO
If you hit a big enough bump or pothole that slightly bent your rim, it may not be visible and no amount of weights and balancing can ever fix it no matter how close to 0 it is. if they can be balanced to 0 they are balanced for that speed and all other speeds will have vibration. been there and experienced it with a few sets of rims.
Last edited by DieL; Oct 26, 2006 at 06:37 PM.
Burning Brakes
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 777
Likes: 1
From: Fort Worth Texas
Originally Posted by DieL
If you hit a big enough bump or pothole that slightly bent your rim, it may not be visible and no amount of weights and balancing can ever fix it no matter how close to 0 it is. if they can be balanced to 0 they are balanced for that speed and all other speeds will have vibration. been there and experienced it with a few sets of rims.
