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Anonymous Posted on May 08, 2010

My 1999 jeep cherokee sport will shimmy after hitting a bump at 55 mph. should I be replacing suspention arms and bushings?

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Before replacing things you don't need to, Have the front end checked, or check it yourself. Jack up each wheel one at a time and support it, shake the wheel side to side, while someone is under the front watching for a worn tie-rod end, loose or bad wheel bearing assembly, or a bad center link/drag link.
Take a rod and put it under the tire and lift up and down and watch for a bad lower or upper ball joint, look at it closely when lifting on the tire, the bottom ball joint will look like it's going to separate.

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Need to get it checked first but reckon you may have a buckled wheel, or similar. Also check tyre doesn't have a dangerous bulge in it due to carcass failure.

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