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Wheel shimmy from 30-55 mph and light braking NOT rotors, any ideas?

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Old 08-13-2020, 10:50 AM
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Default Wheel shimmy from 30-55 mph and light braking NOT rotors, any ideas?
I have searched and found a mixed bag of possibilities. My situation happens on light braking (feels like bad rotors, rotors are fine) and from 30-55 mph, so annoying and getting worse. Thanks in advance.
 
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I had a similar issue a while back. Check the big wishbones up front. I ended up just doing all control arms and ball joints, but I think the wishbones were the main cause
 
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try bedding the brakes, ya i know you said its not the rotors. why do you say that?
 
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try bedding the brakes, ya i know you said its not the rotors. why do you say that?
Because I checked them, they are fine, 0 warp. It is a bushing for sure. Ill just redo the whole front end, the Lincoln parts are cheap enough.
 
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I have the same shimmy on acceleration. Solved the shimmy on braking w/ new rotors.

Need to take a close look at front suspension but I'm thinking upper wishbones...
 
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