Front end shimmy
03-26-2009, 06:58 PM
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Front end shimmy
Some FYI for all you guys...on a recent freeway trip I felt a fair amount of shimmy in the front end develope out of the blue. Seemed to get better when slowing below 65 (that was the worst part!!). After a while it smoothed out. Of course I thought it must have been something on a tire or I threw a wheel weight. On the return trip it happened again while going down the freeway. Again it smoothed out after about 5 miles. The next day after a 40 mile drive I noticed a burning rubber smell...quite strong. So...took it to the dealership today as it was due for oil and rotate. Turns out the shimmy was caused by a broken left front caliper piston. So...if you get a shimmy out of the blue and smell burning rubber. Check your brakes. The weird thing was that I felt absolutely no problem with the brakes. (04 SCab FX4)
03-26-2009, 09:14 PM
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Something like that happened to a good friend of mine who has a 2001 f150. His caliper bolts broke and started rubbing the inside of his wheel!!!!! He started to hear a whine and sometimes growl so we started looking and found it. He said he never had brake problems either. Luckily we caught it in time before it wore a hole in the rim, but it did leave a nice gouge.
03-27-2009, 08:56 PM
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Hey jbspark,thanks for that tip. My 02 f150 just started shimming out of no where after a brake change. It has been driving me crazy trying to figure out what was wrong. I will check that out. again thanks alot
03-27-2009, 09:04 PM
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Wow, I have an appointment at my dealer to get my 05 looked at for a shimmy that just appeared one day after a tire rotation and balance. Seems to go away below 65 and goes away around gentle bends on the freeway. Only present when going straight.
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Some FYI for all you guys...on a recent freeway trip I felt a fair amount of shimmy in the front end develope out of the blue. Seemed to get better when slowing below 65 (that was the worst part!!). After a while it smoothed out. Of course I thought it must have been something on a tire or I threw a wheel weight. On the return trip it happened again while going down the freeway. Again it smoothed out after about 5 miles. The next day after a 40 mile drive I noticed a burning rubber smell...quite strong. So...took it to the dealership today as it was due for oil and rotate. Turns out the shimmy was caused by a broken left front caliper piston. So...if you get a shimmy out of the blue and smell burning rubber. Check your brakes. The weird thing was that I felt absolutely no problem with the brakes. (04 SCab FX4)
04-17-2012, 11:45 PM
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Left fronts in the thread. Not so good.
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