shimmy in tires and a little in steering wheel

[jatweed]

Hello All,

I am new to BMW and to the forum as well. My recently purchased 2002 X5 3.0i sport has a little shimmy in it. Sometimes it is more noticeable at certain speeds. I was going to bring it to Tires Plus to do a tire rotation and balance to see if that is the problem, but looking at other threads I'm not sure I sure rotate them. It seems to track alright so I'm not sure if I should do the alignment as well. The truck has 100,000 miles on it and the tires are getting down there. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!


Joshua

[motordavid]

Originally Posted by jatweed

Hello All,

I am new to BMW and to the forum as well. My recently purchased 2002 X5 3.0i sport has a little shimmy in it. Sometimes it is more noticeable at certain speeds. I was going to bring it to Tires Plus to do a tire rotation and balance to see if that is the problem, but looking at other threads I'm not sure I sure rotate them. It seems to track alright so I'm not sure if I should do the alignment as well. The truck has 100,000 miles on it and the tires are getting down there. Any words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated. Thanks everyone!
Joshua

-The Manual does not rec'd tire/wheel rotation; a few posters here do it, side to side, but I would take a Pasadena on rotation.
-"tires are getting down there", is pretty vague; worn tires have wear patterns and balance is often affected/eroded over time, on worn tires, which may lead to an unbalanced tire(s) situ.

Doubt I would bother with a 're-balance' on worn tires. If your tires are worn, a new set of fresh rubber and a careful balance job should cure your ills. Tire Joints using Hunter balance equip seems to be the preferred standard. I would also have them do a wheel spin, off car, to check for wheel dents, wheel eccentricities, etc., with tire(s) off wheel(s).

Any 'good' tire joint that caters to performance cars should be able to do a thorough and satisfactory job.

-Alignment: some posters here feel one has to do an alignment with new tires; I've never done an alignment on our '01, in 10 yrs/78k miles, as I don't bounce off curbs, but YMMV.
My 50Cts...
GL, mD