Vibration/Shimmy at 60-70 mph on 2000 SLE V6

[edeloca]

I have a 2000 Solara SLE with 177,000 miles on it. I have a set of Yokohama tires on the car with 25k. I had all the tires high speed balanced again yesterday, but still have a vibration/shake/shimmy at 60-75 mph. Over a long trip this gets real old. The tire store told me I had some wear in the tie rods that could be causing this. Any help or suggestions from the forum would be greatly appreciated.

ed@deloca.com

[new echo owner]

Swap the wheels/tires with another car to see if it improves, then you will know whether it is the tires/wheels or something else on the car. Have they try an on-car tire/wheel balance?

N.E.O.

[edeloca]

They balanced the wheels off the car, not on the car. I just had front and back brakes & rotors changed in the last 6 months. I had warped rotors in the front and thought that was causing the shimmy. With 177k on the car I'm wondering if there is front end bearing, ball joint or tie rod wear that needs replacement.

Edeloca

[new echo owner]

It is possible at that mileage. Warped rotors don't usually cause vibration unless you are braking. Those items you had listed will affect the steering as well, but not necessarily vibration. Swapping the wheels/tires would be the simplest way to eliminate those from the equation.

N.E.O.

[Loss4wrds]

I would try to back off the lug nuts and torque them down to proper specs with a torque wrench. I have had vibration issues due to improperly tightened lug nuts. But if you have a diffrent set of rims and tires to swap on that would be best but if not this is something else cheap and easy to try.