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Great! Was looking at these, or the "replace a rear license plate light" camera plug ins. Pioneer comes tomorrow from Crutchfield.
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Can you post a video of how bad when steering wheel shimmy actually is?
I just wonder if you'll start chasing down a bit of a ghost that'll be very challenging to track down without throwing a bunch of more money at the issue. I'm not saying it doesn't exist, just that when suspension parts get slightly bent, they can resonate at certain frequencies. It happened on my E60 M5. I chased down a slight steering wheel wobble forever and never cured it. The suspension pieces were mostly aluminum and super expensive, so after bushings, brakes, wheels, and tires, I just lived with it.
Good ideas.
I noticed last night on the 2.5 hour drive on various highways, certain roads would make it worse, while others almost it vanished. 65 mph is worst, but then yes, times when its worse, you’ll also feel gritty resonance (as if from the front end) in the steering column off center.
Never happens braking. It’s a constant ongoing, unless just the right stretch of road and speed, that’s always there either coasting, cruising or on power. Half the time, extra noise too. It’s variable.
Lift the front end up and spin the wheels, if you have a mechanical stethoscope, pull your wheel center cap and listen directly against the grease cap.
This sounds like you might have a failing spindle bearing, from the varying/intermittent noise, constant vibe, etc.
Driveshafts and CVS are pretty predictable noise/vibration makers.
Fantastic rig. Keep it away from the eastern salt this winter.
Good to know! I actually since buying the LX in July in PA, moved across the country and drove the LX in 2 days to my new place in Denver, CO.One other thing to check, and this surprised me when it happened to my 100: check your shocks, and the shock bushings.
I had a vibration that I couldn't track down. It would come and go, certain speeds made it worse, certain roads made it worse. My rear shocks has failed, as well as the bushings. The rear springs were resonating, and had no dampening from the shocks. The vibration then made its way through the truck. I replaced the shocks (all the way around), and it now rides like a brand new vehicle. I removed the AHC from my 100 years ago, so you have a different best to deal with, but I'd definitely look at them to rule it out. Good luck man.