Front end shimmy Front end shimmies at slow speed braking . Drives fine .
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Re: Front end shimmy Must be a Model A.
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Re: Front end shimmy Do a search. That matter has been discussed to death. All you could wish to know will be in a previous thread.
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Re: Front end shimmy Warranty issue. Bring it back to the Ford dealer.
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Re: Front end shimmy Check the wheel bearings and or the tie rod ends.
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Re: Front end shimmy After addressing everything else I replaced the wishbone rubber ball clamp with a repro original. Did the trick.
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Re: Front end shimmy Thanks Ken
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Re: Front end shimmy Shimmy Shimmy Ko Ko Bop
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5mLjZRAXRRA Warning: If you listened to 45's in the 50's this will give you an ear worm. |
Re: Front end shimmy I have just done all that "goodcar" suggested PLUS had the end of the axles rebushed. BOTH sides were elongated! In my opinion with what I had the King Pins can move even with the locking horizontal pin installed.
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Re: Front end shimmy There is a trick to installing the locking pins. They have to be hammered in and then the nut installed. If someone did not install them correctly then the king pins can move around a bit.
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Sounds like your brakes could need adjusting. I use a cheap infrared temperature gauge to read the temps of the drums after a few stops. |
Re: Front end shimmy Yep, my temporary front axle assembly on my 28 had very loose king pin bushings, but the correct toe in, and it never had a hint of shimmy.
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Re: Front end shimmy It can be anything from the steering box adjustment all the way thru to the wheel bearings and anything in between. Thats quite a bit of stuff to look at and fix. Loose king pin bushings are not the problem unless maybe if they are really loose. When everything is checked and fixed if needed then set the toe-in to 1/32-1/16".
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Re: Front end shimmy I've found it is often looseness in the drag link ends, but all the above should be checked.
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