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From your post it sounds like the vehicle had been parked for some time with
low air preasure in the tires. I would suspect that the tire have flat
spotted from sitting. This is common and will introduce a wheel hop that
will cause a wheel shimmy. If you drive it around "slowly" long enough to
get the tires warm they will probably round out and the shimmy may go away.
I had one set of recap 900x16 ND that took a set and would never round out.
Try switching the wheels around start by putting your spair on the left
front see if that changes the shimmy.
Good luck
Philip Waterman
Canadian Military Pattern CMP `42 C60S and `45 HUP
Temple, New Hampshire USA
waterman@tellink.net
------------ >From: Eric A Weidner <ericweidner@juno.com> >To: <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com> (Military Vehicles List) >Date: Wed, May 17, 2000, 8:15 PM >
> *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > > I have a front end question. I took "my baby" out to the corner gas > station to get some fuel and put air in the tires today...I had noticed > that it seemed to steer kind of hard so I checked the air pressure- > 10#LF, 30#RF, 25#RR, 20#LR. I put 40# psi in all as per TM. On the way > home I noticed a slight shimmy(approx.35-40 mph). When I started to > brake for the turn into my drive it started to shimmy so bad I thought I > would lose control of the vehicle. It was probably about 15-25 > mph....then it smoothed out. Also I've noticed that there are times that > when you steer hard(can't remember if it's right or left) that I feel > resistance in the steering wheel to the wheels coming back to the > straight ahead position. For instance- you steer to the right, as you go > to straighten out you feel resistance in the steering wheel then you > "feel" (more than actually hear) a clunk and then it goes back to > straight. Tie rod ends? Drag link/ends? Steering box itself? Tires? > I know I've got some brake work to do(3 leaking wheel cylinders), could > this be part of it? > > Anyway, any help or referal is appreciated- feel free to forward this > e-mail to anyone you feel might be of help. > Many, many thanks... > Eric Weidner > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to: <mil-veh-off@uller.skylee.com> > To switch to the DIGEST mode, send e-mail to <mil-veh-digest@uller.skylee.com> > To reach a human, contact <help@uller.skylee.com> >
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