Front-end shimmy comming down the mountain
New to fifth wheel hauling here and experiencing front end shimmy when braking at normal highway speeds (45-60mph) going downhill and hauling. I am hauling a 2013 Dutchman Voltage 3 axle with a 2013 C...
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Did you have the tow/haul engaged?
I found this to be true on our van after having new tires put on, it actually warped the rotor out of shape and we got the shimmy.
The impacts will have a preset value. What happens is they'll drive a lug nut down then go to the others. The first one driven down gets crazy tight. Re-torquing the lugnut may correct or at least make it better.
After tire work at a tire shop I now losen and retorque the lugnuts.
larry barnhart wrote:
Might be cause by improper torqueing of the lug nuts. Usually it shows up after tire work has been done
I found this to be true on our van after having new tires put on, it actually warped the rotor out of shape and we got the shimmy.
The impacts will have a preset value. What happens is they'll drive a lug nut down then go to the others. The first one driven down gets crazy tight. Re-torquing the lugnut may correct or at least make it better.
After tire work at a tire shop I now losen and retorque the lugnuts.
