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Originally Posted by X5SND
Do you feel the shimmy by your feet? Does it go away/get worse/remain constant (intensity) under braking. I'm skeptical it would be the corrosion on the caliper piston before say a sticking caliper causing uneven pad wear/transfer to the rotor. How are u suspension wise in the rear? If your shimmy is coming through the seat bottom not the wheel or pedals, I'd start looking into the rear.
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I'm skeptical of the caliper too now that I mention it, since the brakes were flushed, my rotor and wheel don't get excessively hot either. I guess I'll paint the calipers after all!
Braking doesn't affect the shimmy/vibrations at all, I had that before redoing the front end, but no more. You're right it does come more through the floor than anything, like I said I can feel the slight shakes in the passenger seat being transferred through if I'm putting my hand on it.
Unaffected by speed, maybe a tiny bit worse on highway but that just could be since I'm going faster.
Tie rods are the only thing left original on the front end (besides the left side wheel bearing), rear is original as far as I know, mechanic said when I did my front suspension parts that the rear parts looked good and tight but when I change my hub rings in the rear (aluminum instead of plastic) I'll give the wheel a tug. Could my need for an alignment cause the slight shakes? Or tie rods? Or the left bearing on the front which isn't making noises like the right but may have some wear anyway?
I'm hoping to put off redoing the rear suspension parts for another year or so if possible. Might do Dave's subframe bushing tool rental and get those out of the way first since those are easy and cheap.
I'm ok with the way it is, steering wheel doesn't shake so I'm happy with that, its just very slight, even my wife said its barely noticeable. I can live with it for a while until I start tackling the rear, just was wondering opinions on if it could be caused by the following outstanding items:
1) Left front wheel bearing (original and not making noise, but not fresh like the front right bearing)
2) Tie rods in front (last remaining original front suspension item)
3) Much needed 4 wheel alignment (could I be getting vibes from camber/toe being out of wack, I never got alignment after front suspension because I found out I needed to do my front bearings and didn't want to align twice)