Frount end shimmy

[Race22]

I am starting to notice, when I hit a bad bump or a pot-hole, that I get a little bit of a shimmy. I only have 73K miles on the truck. Is this normal or am I going to need new tie rods soon?

 

[patrickc]

I would say that your truck has worn ball joints rather than tie rod ends but a shimmy in the steering wheel could be lots of different things. I had to replace my OE ball joints at around 110k miles but towing alot does put extra strain on them.

 

[acjjkamp]

i'll second patrickc
my 99's ball joints & tie rod went out at 40k miles, had them replaced and all was good again
the 99 used to pull a 5th wheel before i got it, then my trailer didnt help any either

 

[JLDickmon]

my first guess would be steering stabilizer, but after rebuilting the front end of my truck at 85,000 miles, anything is possible.