Originally Posted by mobilejo

I know you don't wanna hear this (I didn't when I was told) but it's almost undetectable levels of play that can make a shimmy. I changed my tension struts, then ball joints, then control arms, then tie rods - i.e. All done at separate times within a few days/weeks of each other. There was no play in anything while it was on the car except the tension strut bushes, but everything that was changed made some difference. Only after changing everything can I say I am shimmy free.

You will find once you take the parts off you will find some slop in the balljoints more than likely.