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talsbury
GenIII
 
9/14/2002
02:44:32
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 Subject: Front End shimmy!!!!
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OK I guess its time to ask before i rush off to the dealer next week and get this thing looked at. My front End feels as if its slding back and fourth during acceletation and braking. I can feel the stearing wheel push up when you apply the breaks and it moves back down after acceleration only a slight movment in the wheel but its sure annoying. I thought it could be the control arms loose but everything there seams to be tight. Any ideas to try???
2001 4X4 CC 4.7LV8 soon to be a HO
(yep im calling it an HO despite arguments)
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Muzzy
GenIII
9/14/2002
03:44:23
|  RE: Front End shimmy!!!!
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I noticed mine does that too under hard acceleration while running through the gears. I am pretty sure it's the rubber bushings in the suspension flexing under the torque load. Having a 4x4 makes it worse because of the larger suspension travel.
My Mustang drag car was really bad when I torque strapped the motor to the frame. I replaced the rubber bushings with polyurethane and that helped.
-Muzzy
"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country.
He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his"
-Gen George S. Patton
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talsbury
GenIII
9/14/2002
19:25:04
| RE: Front End shimmy!!!!
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Thank you for that note I was a little worried I might have a nasty problem growing under the hood of my truck. I guess I might look into polyurethane bushing and see if that helps.
2001 CC 4.7L 4X4 one day it will be an HO
"Yep i'm gonna call it an HO just for the arguments"
Homebrew Airaid Intake, SpinTech muffler, HO cams and other toys in the box
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