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Well mine did this for a while, there was a few factors that where the cause

1) tire pressure was too low on the tires, one of them was not set at right
pressure (6 lbs lower)
2) wheels were statically balance (only weights on the inside of the rim)
changed it to dynamic)

after both there were checked and done, I still had a shimmy in the steering
@ 80MPH

I checked and foudnd my rims where not hub centric (specifically made for my
scirocco) and I got a set of 4 plastic hub rings that would fill the missing
space between the hub and the rim.

no more shimmy.

If you have after market rims, chances are, the hub rings are your problem.

G'Luck
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ATS - Patrick Bureau
1985 8v **Planning ABA/JH  Upgrade**
1988 16v ** FOR SALE : 1500.00$ **
Web Site : http://longcoeur.com/scirocco


  -----Original Message-----
  From: scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org
[mailto:scirocco-l-admin@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of Andy Morris
  Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 12:56 PM
  To: Volkswagen
  Subject: Shimmy


  Starting around 80mph, my 85 Scirocco starts shimmying and the steering
wheel kind of dances back and forth.  The tires get rotated and balanced on
a regular basis.  Could this be something else under the front end?

  Andy Morris
  jeepvolks@alaweb.com

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tire pressure was too low on the tires, one of them was not set at right =

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both there were checked and done, I still had a shimmy in the steering @ =

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checked and foudnd my rims where not hub centric (specifically made for =
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space between the hub and the rim.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Starting around 80mph, my 85 Scirocco =
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  shimmying and the steering wheel kind of dances back and forth.&nbsp; =
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  tires get rotated and balanced on a regular basis.&nbsp; Could this be =

  something else under the front end?</FONT></DIV>
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  <DIV><FONT face=3DArial size=3D2>Andy Morris</FONT></DIV>
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