Turner Morgan

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

Turner Morgan

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

Turner Morgan

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

gregw45

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.

gregw45

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.

gregw45

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.

gregw45

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.