RE: Shimmy especially when turning left?

[Colin <cwass99@home.com>]

     When was the last time you checked the ball joints?  Jack up the front end
and give both wheels a good wiggle.  All directions, but especially top to
bottom.  It should give you a good idea of which bits are failing if it isn't
ball joints.  You're also going to need to pay attention to movement in the
tie-rod ends.
      Do you get shimmy in a straight line?  At what speed does it really
become noticeable?  If you don't get the shimmy at highway speeds in a straight
line, I would think it almost has to be steering related.  My experience is
that CV joints make really kewl clunky noises when they're failing, I've never
experienced shimmy from them.

Cheers,
Colin


On 10-Nov-01 Daun Yeagley wrote:
> So who else doesn't have a life on a Friday night now that
> Julie dumped me for Larry...   ;p
> 
> No, seriously, on a Scirocco related subject...    I seem
> to have developed a shimmy at around town speeds (and
> above) in my '85 'rocco that I can't really determine the
> reason for.  It mostly happens when turning left.  (The car
> is in dire need of an alignment...)  I would suspect the
> p-side front wheel bearing but I changed it about 3-4
> months ago so I really doubt that's it.  Could it be an
> inner CV giving up the ghost?  Anything else to check?
> 
> 
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