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steering wheel shimmey at 70 mph.

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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 10:52 AM
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Default steering wheel shimmey at 70 mph.

I have a 2009 Ram 1500 4x4 laramie with 28000 miles. I took it to dealer last week for a HVAC recall and told him to check on a pretty bad steering when shimmey at 65-70 mph. Dealer came back and said tires were severely cupped (I new this...stock Goodyear HPs) and that I needed new tires. I went to NTB and got Michelin LTX MS2...mounted balanced front end alignment. It is much better now, however, I still have a slight shimmey starting at 70 and gets a little worse as you go to 75. Is this a balance problem or is there something else I should have NTB check?

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Old Nov 15, 2010 | 09:58 PM
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if you have 20s they need to be roadforce balanced
 
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 07:36 AM
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I agree Road force is the only way to go once go 20" or larger or if you upgrade to offroad tires. This should eliminate the shimmey.
 
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Old Nov 16, 2010 | 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted by turk1270
if you have 20s they need to be roadforce balanced
I am a little slow. What is roadforce balanced?
 
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