Front End Shimmy

[mtnxtreme]

When I hit bumps on regular paved roads, the front end of my 2002 Xterra shimmy's, feels real loose thru the steering wheel, but when I checked out the front end , I can't find anything loose, tie rod ends, idler, ball joints all seem fine, I really don't know how to check the radius arms, don't know if they're related to that type of problem though, but they seemed OK. The truck has abt, 73,000 miles, with no work done to front end since we've got it with 18,000 on it besides brakes. Any ideas?
Thanks. Louie

[chubbybubba1]

Shocks. They sound worn out and are not controlling the rebound of the control arms. In my humble opion.

[mtnxtreme]

Originally Posted by chubbybubba1

Shocks. They sound worn out and are not controlling the rebound of the control arms. In my humble opion.

Any reccomendations, air bags, coil over, twin tube, mono tube, nitro or hydro gas, etc. thanks

[chubbybubba1]

Have you modified the suspension at all? Bilstein makes a good shock. I run the Calmini shocks that came with their 3" lift kit, and haven't been impressed at all. You can choose different ride stiffness with Bilsteins.

[OffroadX]

There are no radius arms on an Xterra. Perhaps you meant torsion bars?