Severe Shaking in front end

[kenelba]

1990 535
235-45-17 Tires
Car has had a bad case of "road wandering"
Took it into a shop and they checked the front end and found no problems about 2 months ago.
They said the wide tires were the culprit.

I noticed that when I stop slowly, there is a little give like something is loose.

Last week, driving and when I hit about 55 mph, the front end started shaking so badly that I pulled over expecting a wheel to be broken or held on by only 1 lugnut.

Wheels appeared to be tight.
I can reproduce this shaking just by driving about 55.


Any ideas on what I should be looking for now?

[ricola]

I had that happen on my E28 once. I was on the freeway at about 55-60, started to shake violently. Turned out to be a stuck caliper.

[RobPatt]

1. Search this site. it's happenend to Everyone here, most probably more than once.
2. www.bmwe34.net
3. Here's a rundown: steeringwheelnut-hubcentricrings-thrustarms-tiresoutofbalance....
:)
good luck,

[Qube]

My gosh, definitely search for "vibration" "shaking" "shimmy" and all it's acronyms. Such a generic topic (shakes at 50) are dime a dozen here.

FOR EXAMPLE: http://www.bimmer.info/forum/search.php?searchid=231225

http://jasonlau.ca/images/search_bimmer.jpg