[ThumperPup]

Ok not sure i have heard things about the suspension in the front ends on the 2000 seville not being great between 60mph and 80mph
and mine seems to be a bit shaky between those speeds like up to 61 im good and anyting over that i feel it shaking untill i hit about 78 and then it seems to get better anyone any ideas on this

 

[Talamant3z]

maybe a front end alignment

 

[iametarq]

do a search for "shimmy".

Check your tire balancing (use a hunter road force balance system, if available, helped mine a lot) my eventual fix was new tires.

 

[ThumperPup]

i always thout that the alighment kept the car going str8 and not pulling didnt know that coused it not to shake
the alighment seems to be right one the dot it doenst pull or anything

 

[ThumperPup]

do a search for "shimmy".

Check your tire balancing (use a hunter road force balance system, if available, helped mine a lot) my eventual fix was new tires.

where would i find a hunter road force ballance how do i know what a shop uses is that the name of the machine ?

 

[Submariner409]

Google "hunter road force balance" and read up on the machine. The Hunter site has a search feature where you can locate the nearest Road Force Balance machine. For a walk-in job it's about $18 - $25 a tire. The machine is a GSP9700.

 

[ThumperPup]

just found one and the shop in my area with the machine has a special 19.99 for 4 tire rotation and ballance yayyyy goign to try this out today

 

[STSS]

A regular balance may help, but that deal is likely not for the RFB. Just because a shop has a RFB doesnt mean they use it on all the tires.

 

[iowasevillests]

If its a 19.99 special I'd almost guarantee its not a RFB. I had a slight shimmy in mine around 65-68 mph and it disappeared when I rotated tires....might be worth a shot.

 

[ThumperPup]

yeah they said its 15 dollar per tire if im only having the shimmy in the front then i just need to get the front two tires with the RFB and then i can get the other two ballance for like what ever the cheaper one is or will this not be a good idea ?

 

[JimD]

That would work fine until it came time to rotate your tires (if you do that).

And then you may or may not see a return of shake related issues.

I have been able to eliminate any front end shaking issues by cleaning all contact surfaces from the hub to rotor to wheel and using a torque wrench on the lug nuts.

An out of round tire or a tire with broken belts can also cause front end shakes.

A long list of issues can be masked by a RFB.

 

[ThumperPup]

I just searched on the hunter website
i found a used tire shop about 11 miles from me with the GPS97000 with the strait track ability what ever that means
he said 10 dollars a tire for the RFB so im heading there on Monday