[ROVERNET - UK] tc shimmy

[Paul Smith]

That doesn't read well; around the bolt holes on the damper itself where it
mounts.
Later mountings were better braced to prevent flex and fracturing of the
idler.

PVS

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Paul Smith" <vmitps at netspace.net.au>
To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 09, 2006 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [ROVERNET - UK] tc shimmy


> Check for cracks around the mounting of the steering damper/idler box.
>
> PVS
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Larry" <lewill at ctcweb.net>
> To: <rovernet at lyris.ccdata.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 08, 2006 11:24 PM
> Subject: [ROVERNET - UK] tc shimmy
>
>
> > I was on a road trip and everything was OK. The old girl was running at
> > highway speed with little vibration and then coming off the freeway and
> > slowing down for a stop sign the front end developed a horrible shimmy.
> But
> > at a slow speed. Above the speed only a slight vibration. This happened
> all
> > of a sudden. I drove home(100 miles or so) and the shimmy continued. I
had
> a
> > friend turn the wheel and there were no lose ball joints and nothing to
> see.
> > I have a Ford work truck that has a vibration dampener that is hooked
into
> > the steering and I had hit a big rock and smashed the thing and if I hit
a
> > bump in the road it had the same shimmy as the tc has. Has anyone had
this
> > happen before? Any suggestions? I see in the manual there is a steering
> > damper that may be the culprit. As I was having my friend turn the wheel
> all
> > the way to the right there was a click and it came from the dampener on
> the
> > right side of the fire wall. Sorry for the rambling note. Any and all
help
> > would be appreciated. Larry
> >
> >
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