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96 850 base steering wheel shimmy

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Danonly55
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Post by Danonly55 »

Im getting a slight shimmy in my steering wheel when I come off the throttle at speeds over 60 mph, Any Ideas what this may be ?
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1995 Volvo 850 wagon GLE

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Post by erikv11 »

Shimmy in the 60-75 range is a classic wheel balance symptom for these cars, and it is usually more pronounced when letting off the throttle. Easiest way to test is swap the front tires to the rear and vice-versa, or just take them in for balancing (e.g. if you have free balancing with your tire purchase package).
'95 854 T-5R, Motronic 4.4, 185k
'98 V70, T5 tune-injectors-turbo, LPT engine, 304k, daily driver
'06 S60 R, 201k
'07 XC70, black, 205k
'07 XC70, willow green, 223k
gone: '96 NA 850 210k, '98 NA V70 182k, '98 S70 NA 225k, '96 855 NA 169k

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