Steering "shimmy" after tire rotation...

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Author Message   Matt (Doc175) Member Username: Doc175 Post Number: 148 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 08:10 pm:    Had my tires rotated a couple days ago and now I have a steering "shimmy" from about 55-65 mph. I have not had a chance to check the pressure but there is nothing overtly wrong? Suggestions   Joey (Joey4420) Member Username: Joey4420 Post Number: 92 Registered: 04-2003 Posted on Wednesday, July 02, 2003 - 08:20 pm:    Sounds like you needed to get them balanced as well.   Chad Mayes (Cmayes) Member Username: Cmayes Post Number: 79 Registered: 04-2003 Posted on Thursday, July 03, 2003 - 08:05 am:    Most the time when a tire is out of balance it will vibrate the most between 55-60mph. Another thing you might check is that the lug-nuts are tightened properly.   Phillip Perkinson (Rover4x4) Senior Member Username: Rover4x4 Post Number: 335 Registered: 02-2003 Posted on Sunday, July 06, 2003 - 06:52 pm:    tie rod ends are the cause of my current shakes around 63-68mph.   JENNIFER STALS (Bleedgreen) New Member Username: Bleedgreen Post Number: 1 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 06:28 pm:    As per your owners manual--Land Rover does not suggest getting your tires rotated.   Matt (Doc175) Member Username: Doc175 Post Number: 152 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, July 07, 2003 - 09:11 pm:    I hope that is a typo in the manual. Why on earth would you not rotate your tires? The only reason I can think of is so they wear out faster and idots go back to the dealer for new ones   JS (Bleedgreen) New Member Username: Bleedgreen Post Number: 4 Registered: 07-2003 Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 02:15 pm:    Not a typo in the owner's manual. Land Rover Centre's will do it if customer requests it-but it is not recommended. Land Rover does not have an "official" explanation of why.   Porter Mann (Porter) New Member Username: Porter Post Number: 25 Registered: 05-2003 Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 02:48 pm:    People have said that if you have unique uneven wear on each tire, rotating them could cause them to be riding on the various high and low points of the tire causing the vibration issues. My vibrations came from unbalanced tires and untightened lug nut bolts though.   Bill Ross (Billr) Member Username: Billr Post Number: 70 Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Tuesday, July 08, 2003 - 03:12 pm:    I rotate my tires every 5000 kms (front to back, same side), but notice that the front end is always more susceptible to any inbalance that I couldn't feel on the back thanks to all the bits like tie rods. Since I've changed to tape-on weights though I've had less problems since I'm not scraping the weights off the rims like I use to with the clip-on type.