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i've got a shimmy in the front end of my 83 wagon which can become rather violent at cruising speeds. the vibration is strangely absent at times, and freakin scary at others (only at sustained freeway speeds, however). thought i fixed it last week thru getting the tires balanced, yet i was on the freeway today for the first time since, and the vibration returned. with the assistance of a mechanically inclined friend, we jacked up the front end and went thru the bentley troubleshooting table. he was fairly certain it was the ball joint, which looked pretty worn. he's a volkswagon expert tho, and was thus unwilling to put his total faith in that diagnosis. i did a lil research in the forums here, and discovered that other people have had the same problem. what kind of $ do you people think i'm looking at spending to fix this? i've got the last 2 weeks of class right now and don't have time to research doing this myself, so the mechanic looks like the only way out, i'm curious how much everyone else has invested in eliminating front end shimmys. i'm curious how much $ i have to commit when taking it in... i can swing ball joints & realignment, but not much more. if i can clarify anything at all for ya let me know. thanks for your time.
ryan mosier
83 245 turbo
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