[Mgs] Non Healey/MG question

[Max Heim]

I might suggest a look at the wheel bearings.


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Max Heim
'66 MGB GHN3L76149
If you're near Mountain View, CA,
it's the primer red one with chrome wires


on 7/6/09 9:17 PM, Ron Fine at RonFineEsq at earthlink.net wrote:

> I have a 2003 Honda Minivan with a front end issue.  Any idea as to what might
> be causing it would be greatly appreciated:
> 
> I get a vibration or shimmy (left/right) through the steering wheel starting
> about 65 mph.  Below that speed I feel nothing unusual.  The vibration is more
> pronounced as I apply brakes and goes away as the car slows below 45 to 55
> mph.  Tires are relatively new and I have rotated them (front to back) which
> has no effect on the vibration.  Brakes are good (recently checked by dealer).
> The vibration seems to be stronger on ruff road surfaces, almost disappearing
> if I hit a very smooth patch of concrete on the freeway.  Shocks seem OK.  Car
> is not bouncing up and down as it would with worn shocks.  There is no
> vibration at slower speeds or when applying brakes at slower speeds.
> 
> I'm not really setup to work on the vehicle myself so I need to take it to a
> dealer but I hate to go in without any idea as to what might be wrong.
> 
> Thanks for any ideas.
> 
> Ron Fine
> 61BN7
> 66 MGB