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Old 11-29-2007, 10:27 AM
Brian Carlton Brian Carlton is offline
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Originally Posted by johntksr View Post
I would also check the brake calipers. I have the same symptom and it is caused by the caliper on the driver front. It has a corroded piston and a torn boot. Thus the piston is not functioning properly causing the shimmy. I have a rebuild kit and will repair this weekend.
I'm not following how the lack of proper piston function can cause any vibration on the front end? The loss of a piston will cause a severe pull away from the side of the frozen piston, however, I don't see any scenario that will cause front end vibration.
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