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Eliminating Steering Wheel Shimmy In Volvos, Hope this helps others 700

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posted by  jbowers on  Tue Mar 18 04:53 CST 2003
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You sure did a lot of work to solve your problem! How many miles do you have on the "Hunterized" assemblies? What brand/model of tire have you been working on?

Your saga is one of the reasons I'm a Michelin fan. When I got my 960 it had horrible tires on it. I got new alloy 16" rims and mounted 205/55-16 Michelin MXV4 Plus XSE on them. A dynamic balance required less that 1 oz at each rim edge on every tire. (One only too .25 oz on an inner edge.) They have been smooth at any speed as they have worn down almost to the wear indicator at this point. I switch front to back every season when I alternate with the snows. (Michelin Pilot Alpins.) In my experience Michelin typically builds a very uniform tire that stays "balanced" through its life. (I had your problem with my wife's BMW with "Krapelis" and finaly threw them out with half the tread left on them)

It will be interesting to see if your "Hunterized" assemblies stay smooth as they wear. I assume your strut rod bushings were replaced during your saga? They are a short lived component on the 700/940 cars and bad ones will make the front end unstable!
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'96 965 with 16' wheels at 101K. Had '85 745 Turbo Diesel for 200K.






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