Front end Shake on dirt road

Posted by James Shotwell on Oct. 26, 1998 at 20:52:32

This week I went on my first tour in my A. Things went fine until we turned off the paved road on to a oiled dirt road. My A immediately started to shake. The shake would first start with the steering wheel and proceed to "feed" on it self until the whole car would shake violently. I had to stomp the brake and slow down to about 5mph to get it to stop shaking. A young fellow that has a reputation of being very knowledgeable found my wishbone? loose and tightened it. NO LUCK. Then they checked my kingpins, they were ok.
The road was a little washboard like, but very little since it was oiled red dirt. Shake would occur about 30 seconds after I would reach 20 to 25 mph.
Several folks said their steering wheels shook also on the same road but theirs did not "grow" into a total vehicle shake. Most of the A's just drove on down the road at 30 mph without any trouble.
My steering wheel has a little play but it drives on the highway just fine.
What about the steering shock I see advertised?
Where should I look first?
thanks, james shotwell

Follow Ups:
Re: Front end Shake on dirt road Ed Johnson Oct. 27, 1998 at 17:48:14 (2)
Re: Front end Shake on dirt road Mike Nov. 04, 1998 at 03:01:16 (0)
Re: Front end Shake on dirt road Mike Nov. 04, 1998 at 02:57:07 (0)
Re: Front end Shake on dirt road Dan Partain Oct. 27, 1998 at 09:40:53 (0)
Re: Front end Shake on dirt road Glen Weilbaker Oct. 27, 1998 at 07:07:28 (0)
Re: Front end Shake on dirt road Mike z Oct. 26, 1998 at 23:44:37 (0)

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