# 93 Mercury Villager shaking over 55MPH

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-mercury-villager-shaking-over-55mph/14251>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** villager\
**Created:** [May 20, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-mercury-villager-shaking-over-55mph/14251 "2008-05-20T20:08:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ryamaguc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dc4da7/32.png) [@ryamaguc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ryamaguc)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2008, 8:08pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-mercury-villager-shaking-over-55mph/14251/1 "2008-05-20T20:08:59Z")

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We stumped our mechanics of 20+ years. We have replaced the following.  
  
  
  
 -Axles  
  
 -Upper lower control arms  
  
 -Front struts  
  
 -Tires with computized balance  
  
 -Computerized alignment  
  
 -Motor mounts  
  
 -also tried rotating tires  
  
  
  
 But we still shimmy and shake above 55MPH. It is a Mercury Villager 93

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**Author:** ![admitted\_amateur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/94ad74/32.png) [@admitted\_amateur](https://community.cartalk.com/u/admitted_amateur)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 1:22am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-mercury-villager-shaking-over-55mph/14251/2 "2008-05-21T01:22:53Z")

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There was recently a long thread on a mysterious vibration in a Caravan that turned out to be rear brake drums that weren’t quite round (or were perhaps themselves unbalanced). Have a look and see if any of it sounds familiar.

[http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/1017214.page](http://community.cartalk.com/posts/list/1017214.page)

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**Author:** ![Jad2007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Jad2007](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jad2007)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 1:38am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-mercury-villager-shaking-over-55mph/14251/3 "2008-05-21T01:38:10Z")

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How old are your tires?

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**Author:** ![ryamaguc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/dc4da7/32.png) [@ryamaguc](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ryamaguc)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2008, 9:06pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-mercury-villager-shaking-over-55mph/14251/4 "2008-05-21T21:06:49Z")

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Tires are one of the things we replaced, plus balance and alignment.

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**Author:** ![Jad2007](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@Jad2007](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Jad2007)\
**Post date:** [May 22, 2008, 1:05am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/93-mercury-villager-shaking-over-55mph/14251/5 "2008-05-22T01:05:23Z")

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When did the shimmy start, and did anything on the vehicle change around that time (any work done)? In my case the shimmy ended up being caused by bad drums, but that’s pretty rare I’m sure.