Shakes at about 60-65 mph

[Rabbit16v@attbi.com (Rabbit16v)]

I would highly suspect a different bent rim or the teardrop that you put on
is bent.  Alignment problems are caused by bent parts or mis-alignment but
will not cause a shimmy or vibration especially at certain speeds.
Vibrations are primarily caused by bent wheels or bad or out of balance
tires.  There are always acceptions to the rules but for the most part
something that is bent that throws out the alignment will not cause a
vibration.  HTH!!

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Aaron Aunins" <aaunins22@hotmail.com>
To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 12, 2003 1:36 PM
Subject: Shakes at about 60-65 mph


>
>
> Hi everyone,
>
>      I recently had a small accident with my car, an 87 16V, where I slid
> sideways into a ditch.  Things are mostly O.K as I just hurt a couple of
the
> fiberglass body kit parts (which I am finding to be very hard to find).
The
> tire popped off the rim as a result, and the toe was knocked out.  I had
the
> had a new tire mounted on the rim, and had the car aligned.  The control
> arms and everything else were fine.  The technician said that the rim
looked
> bent (the one which took most of the force), so I expected it to shimmy a
> little.  I tried putting another teardrop rim on my car to see if it still
> wobbled, and it does at around 60-65 mph.  Thus, I think something else is
> still wrong, as I know the other rim I tried isn't bent.  I checked all of
> the tire pressures as well and they are O.K.  I'm assuming the alignment
is
> still out causing the car to shimy a little at higher speeds.  It feels
> great below 55 - 65.  If anyone has any ideas (assuming the car is aligned
> properly) as to why my car might be doing this, I would appreciate it.
Also
> if anyone is selling some 16V bodykit parts I would greatly appreciate it.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Aaron
> 87 16V
>
>
>
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