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Old 05-26-2011, 03:35 PM
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im getting a tire balancing for it tomorrow, but the front drivers side tire rocks my car, any usual suspects?
 
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Old 05-26-2011, 03:51 PM
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It depends. When does it shimmy? Could be alot of things. Wheels un-balanced, brake issue, allignment, ball joints, ect...... That's just the simple side of it and I would check what you could. When you get to an allignment make sure that you find someone with a quality machine and certified techs that can allign an AWD car. If yours is AWD. Hope that helps.
 
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Old 05-26-2011, 08:44 PM
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Genie, like was said, when it comes to wobbles, more info is needed, specifically when does the car like to wobble? That will help narrow the list of possibilities down. I just fixed a wobble with my car and it was nothing more basic than the alignment being off by 0.3 degrees on the front end. That also ate up a front tire too. So, you may want to look at the inside edge of your front tires and see if you have feathering of the tire.
 
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It usually wabbles now at low speeds and less so at higher speeds and sometimes not at all, feels like it's coming from the front drivers side, and sorry for the initial lack of info,
Thanx for the help
 
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Wheel bearings?
 
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