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R30 2.4l Sedan Shimmying Front Steering/suspension

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Gidday,

the front end decides to shake like hell where and when it wants to.

Under braking, it intensifies if up at a decent speed such as 60km/h or more.

It started to happen after I replaced the front shockers in the struts.

I've checked the shockers are tight in the strut case, the springs are mounted right, the brakes are tightly bolted up against the struts again, the strut bottoms mounted tightly, the sway bar is mounted correctly and the leading arms bolted up correctly.

All I've changed is the tyre pressures up to 32 psi, and the shockers to Pedders.

Could it be the alignment is out because I've had the complete package apart?

Could it be the tyres causing the shimmying [shaking]?

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need to get the steering box gears roconditioned

i have had it done before

if your in qld i know a person who can do this

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Sorry, I don't understand your reasoning there, as the steering box feels good the rest of the time. It steers well, has only a minor leak, and if I didn't already make it clear, the steering wheel shimmy's with the wheels when they do it.

I'm in Wheelers Hill Melb.

Thanks for your idea though, but any other ideas/suggestions? :P

kools

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Are you ABSOLUTELY sure all the bolts are done up correctly? You are certain that the strut was sitting down properly on the lower control arm before you tightened the bolts?

I'd be checking every possible place in the front suspension for a couple of loose bolts.

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mine did real bad at 1 point, still kinda does randomly but i put it down to the box and bukled wheels.

wat i found was my:

tyres were stuffed

ajnd the rims wernt locating on the hub

new tyres and hub locaters cars sweet, well better..

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