Sounds like the wheel bearings indeed.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Nazarian" <jhn3@uakron.edu>
To: "mgs" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2003 5:35 PM
Subject: vibration in front end
> Gents, I have a problem that I'm pretty sure is easily diagnosed, but I'd
> like confirmation. This is on a 71BGT with rostyles
>
> Above roughly 65mph I get a shimmy in the front end. I can say that it is
> not affected by the quality of the road surface or by the location of the
> wheels on the car. I have rotated them and it has no effect, so bump
steer
> and bent wheels are out. I have found however that it is significantly
> reduced by putting light pressure on the brakes while travelling down the
> road. I haven't done that for too long because I don't want to burn up
the
> brakes but it does work for 5-10 seconds at a time. Also I have a clunk
in
> the front end that happens when I turn the wheels to full lock in either
> direction. As I am turning, it clunks when I get within 1/4 turn of full
> lock either direction. All of the bushings are new polys, shocks are
newish
> spax, and kingpins should be good as they seemed to show no looseness when
I
> installed them. These factors seem to imply that my wheel bearings are
> loose, right?
>
> James Nazarian
> 71 MGB Tourer
> 71 MGBGT V8
> 85 Dodge Ram
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