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Thread: weird brake shimmy!

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    Default weird brake shimmy!

    ok i want to start this thread by saying that i replaced my upper and lower control arms last week, got an alignment, and rotated / balanced my tires (and the problem did not go away).

    my alignment was also out of spec... i'm looking for ideas here; here are the #'s


    After (front left, front right) -- (specified range from bmw):
    Camber: (-1.1, -0.6) -- (-0.7, 0.3)
    Caster: (7.3, 7.0) -- (7.4, 8.4)
    Toe: (0.17, 0.17) -- (0.11, 0.19)

    rear is in spec

    is the alignment bad enough to be causing this shimmy? if not, i need ideas .

    i was thinking of ordering some camber/caster plates from bavauto to help remedy this problem as i can't think of what else is causing it.

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    it also happens when i'm not braking, but just to a lesser extent.

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    Does it only happen at a certain speed?

    Ralph Mendoza Jr. - Long Beach, CA

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    Sounds like a stupid reply but, given your subject line, did you try replacing the brake rotors?

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