beemer1786

Please Help! I am at the point where I have tried everything and get figure out why steering wheel shimmys, slight vibration, twitches.



When driving at 50mph up to 65mph my 2007 BMW 530XI AWD, has a slight annoying steering wheel shimmy, vibration... Also when steering side to side at those speeds and when coming out of a turn you feel a slight twitch, kickback I guess.



I have replaced the following so far;



New Tires,

New Rims,

New Rotors and Pads All around

New Outer Tie Rods

New Ball Joints

New Thurst Arm Bushings



In Addition when applying the brake at those speeds of 50-65mph the wobble vibration instentsifys.



Any suggestions of opinions would be much appreciated

TJBentley

Did you get a wheel alignment after getting all those things done? Sounds like it could be that

beemer1786

No an alignment was not done, but the alignment shop is insisting the vibration is not because of it...

justoracle

I'm just starting to look at a shimmy as well when I apply my brakes, it's annoying, I noticed it more after I got new tires, I'll have the tire shop check them again, in my case I may have warp rotors, but one thing I want to point out, I've recently replaced the linkage between the steering wheel and the steering rack and the steering felt a lot more solid. This could be your problem... when standing still, move your steering wheel rapidly left and right and see if you notice a clunking/shimmy

justoracle

Here's the link to the steering lower joing assembly

https://5series.net/forums/topic/116...joint-assembly

dpouncey

lower control arm