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If your wheels check out on the balancer as Matt mentioned, also check the hubs and the center section of the that mounts to the flange on the hub. BMW's hubcentric wheels use this flange to center the wheel on the hub. The fit needs to be tight and the hub needs to be clean from rust and corrosion to properly center the wheel. A slightly off center wheel has been known to cause a shimmy. If you find a loose fitting wheel, you may consider swapping your wheels around to get the two with the best fit up front.

How are your tires? I you have a friend with an e21 it is sometimes easier to trade wheels for a test drive to investigate.

You can borrow my wheels in your in my area

Mike Matison
e21's in Kalamazoo
For all you guys that have the shimmie problem.

I've installed the anti-shimmy kit, the urethane red rack
bushings AND I've also put a steering damper on my 83 320is
I believe this was found on earlier models. I also have a new rack, new tie rods, new rotors, and all new rubber bushings on the front end.

In order to fit this, you may have to use an earlier tie-rod
on later models.

With all of this I still get a shimmy.
I am upgrading the suspension and will get an alignment.
I hope this will finally cure the problem.
If not, I'm donating my car away......Just kidding
I'll let everyone knows how it feels after.

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