Re: 2000 Jeep Cherokee - Vibration between 50mph and 55mph (about)
mr,
I doubt you read any of my previous posts on this (they'd be old) and, right up front, I cannot give you a solution. I can only tell you what I spent many dollars having done to my '89 Cherokee Laredo to cure the same problem. The tires were rotated and balanced. by a Goodyear dealer. No help. A wheel alignment was performed. No help. The steering dampener (a thing that looks like a shock absorber mounted sideways on the front of the front axle was replaced. This did help more than anything, but did not completely cure the problem because I could still feel some shimmy going through 55mph. It was after this that I started thinking that maybe, through some fluke or wear-out, the front prop shaft had become warped or gotten out of balance and was giving some serious thought to having it replaced to see if that would stop the shimmy. Then, in our wonderful DC area traffic, the '89 got rear ended. I replaced the '89 with a '99 Cherokee Classic. The '99 never exhibited that problem through 104K miles when the 4.0L inline six decided to break a connecting rod and punch a big hole in the side of the engine block back in January. Now I have a new '05 Grand Cherokee. If you find out what causes this ailment, let us know. Best of luck, Turner |
Re: 2000 Jeep Cherokee - Vibration between 50mph and 55mph (about)
mr,
I doubt you read any of my previous posts on this (they'd be old) and, right up front, I cannot give you a solution. I can only tell you what I spent many dollars having done to my '89 Cherokee Laredo to cure the same problem. The tires were rotated and balanced. by a Goodyear dealer. No help. A wheel alignment was performed. No help. The steering dampener (a thing that looks like a shock absorber mounted sideways on the front of the front axle was replaced. This did help more than anything, but did not completely cure the problem because I could still feel some shimmy going through 55mph. It was after this that I started thinking that maybe, through some fluke or wear-out, the front prop shaft had become warped or gotten out of balance and was giving some serious thought to having it replaced to see if that would stop the shimmy. Then, in our wonderful DC area traffic, the '89 got rear ended. I replaced the '89 with a '99 Cherokee Classic. The '99 never exhibited that problem through 104K miles when the 4.0L inline six decided to break a connecting rod and punch a big hole in the side of the engine block back in January. Now I have a new '05 Grand Cherokee. If you find out what causes this ailment, let us know. Best of luck, Turner |
Re: 2000 Jeep Cherokee - Vibration between 50mph and 55mph (about)
mr,
I doubt you read any of my previous posts on this (they'd be old) and, right up front, I cannot give you a solution. I can only tell you what I spent many dollars having done to my '89 Cherokee Laredo to cure the same problem. The tires were rotated and balanced. by a Goodyear dealer. No help. A wheel alignment was performed. No help. The steering dampener (a thing that looks like a shock absorber mounted sideways on the front of the front axle was replaced. This did help more than anything, but did not completely cure the problem because I could still feel some shimmy going through 55mph. It was after this that I started thinking that maybe, through some fluke or wear-out, the front prop shaft had become warped or gotten out of balance and was giving some serious thought to having it replaced to see if that would stop the shimmy. Then, in our wonderful DC area traffic, the '89 got rear ended. I replaced the '89 with a '99 Cherokee Classic. The '99 never exhibited that problem through 104K miles when the 4.0L inline six decided to break a connecting rod and punch a big hole in the side of the engine block back in January. Now I have a new '05 Grand Cherokee. If you find out what causes this ailment, let us know. Best of luck, Turner |
Re: 2000 Jeep Cherokee - Vibration between 50mph and 55mph (about)
I'm getting the same vibration through the steering wheel at 52mph. Any
faster or slower clears everything up. I've been driving through lots of road construction areas and have smacked a couple of nice sized pot holes at speed. Not a hint of anything wrong until after rotating the P235 BFG ATs front to back. Noticed the shimmy shakes right off the bat. Haven't had the time to have it checked out, so I'll be taking notes on any info posted here. |
Re: 2000 Jeep Cherokee - Vibration between 50mph and 55mph (about)
I'm getting the same vibration through the steering wheel at 52mph. Any
faster or slower clears everything up. I've been driving through lots of road construction areas and have smacked a couple of nice sized pot holes at speed. Not a hint of anything wrong until after rotating the P235 BFG ATs front to back. Noticed the shimmy shakes right off the bat. Haven't had the time to have it checked out, so I'll be taking notes on any info posted here. |
Re: 2000 Jeep Cherokee - Vibration between 50mph and 55mph (about)
I'm getting the same vibration through the steering wheel at 52mph. Any
faster or slower clears everything up. I've been driving through lots of road construction areas and have smacked a couple of nice sized pot holes at speed. Not a hint of anything wrong until after rotating the P235 BFG ATs front to back. Noticed the shimmy shakes right off the bat. Haven't had the time to have it checked out, so I'll be taking notes on any info posted here. |
Re: 2000 Jeep Cherokee - Vibration between 50mph and 55mph (about)
I'm getting the same vibration through the steering wheel at 52mph. Any
faster or slower clears everything up. I've been driving through lots of road construction areas and have smacked a couple of nice sized pot holes at speed. Not a hint of anything wrong until after rotating the P235 BFG ATs front to back. Noticed the shimmy shakes right off the bat. Haven't had the time to have it checked out, so I'll be taking notes on any info posted here. |
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