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Scott Feb 17, 2009 12:22 PM



I have a 1952 Olds 98 Holiday Deluxe coupe. The car runs good, is all original from the 303 to the rear end. I''ve been driving it for the past 4 years or so with no issues. Recently, I''ve begun to experience front end shimmy at speeds above 60 mph. I have a friend who works for a service company and we spent about 2 hours balancing all 4 brand new tires and they are at zero. Shimmy is still there.

Anybody care to throw out some diagnosis ideas? The king pins are a bit worn, would that cause this?

Thanks in advance for any input!
Scott
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Edited by: Scott


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