thanks to yellowmikebike for bringing radius rod bushings to my attention. Mine are in correctly but they look very flattened out. i can't get one of the nuts off and broke 2 of my tools trying. with 444,000kms on the chassis, no knowledge of the bushings ever being replaced, and extensive research on worn bushing effects, i have come to the conclusion that it may very well be causing all my problems.
i ordered some moog replacements that will be here tomorrow. hopefully i will get them on tomorrow night and post my results.
changed the bushings. old ones were pancaked and soft. can tracks much much better now and maintains a straight line on the road, but that's really all that's better now. all the shakes are still there.
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i ordered some moog replacements that will be here tomorrow. hopefully i will get them on tomorrow night and post my results.
turned out to be a combination of a whole lot of things.
- worn ball joints (2x lowers)
- worn sway bar bushings
- worn tie rod end (1x)
- alignment
- rebalance tires
- warped rotors
none of the above were worn terribly, but enough for them to all add up to a very annoying problem.