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So, rather than hijacking the Steering Shake thread, I'll start a new one.
I took the beast to Bob Jane's at Cleveland this morning. An hour or so after I dropped it off, I got a phone call. One of the tyres had a "separation", where the air had somehow got between the radials and the rubber. Something like that.
To their credit, they didn't charge for the other three tyres they balanced. Nice. However I am up for a set of new rubber now, so it was a very hollow win.
New tyres will need to wait for funds to be available, so I brought the car home, ready to take out the king pin shims.
Tip for fellow newbs... If your car has been raised, get a high lift jack!
Anyway, I propped the front end up and got to the dirty work of removing the shims. Lo and behold, there weren't any. And what a pain in the rear, getting them I'm and out, particularly the bottom ones. Urgh.
I checked them all (all were fine) then went through the drama of jamming the things back into their holes. I wish my garage was higher as I was doing this in the midday sun too.
Changed the dodgy tyre with the spare until I can get new ones. Have yet to take the thing for a spin, but I'm not expecting the wobbles to have gone. Any suggestions as to where to go from here?
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