04 Jetta "shimmy" help me!

[04JettaTDITX]

2004 Jetta TDI PD w/98,000 miles w/auto trans...got new tires and added new struts and alignment...everything went good for couple thousand miles and now a "shimmy" has started between 20-45 mph, sometimes it's really bad, had tires re-balanced and it's still there. "shimmy" is felt mostly in the seat & a little in the steering, noticed when it's at it's worse (37mph) and I let off the gas it stops, get back on the gas it begins again. Tires show no funny wear patterns. Whatcha think guys.

 

[Antsrcool]

mine does that im thinkin its motor mounts or axle

 

[boraTDI04]

get under the front of yr pd and grab hold of your ball joints and give em a good shake, if they move or u see any rips in the rubber boots replace them. do u have stock steelies? if so, they may not ne perfectly round.

 

[04JettaTDITX]

mine does that im thinkin its motor mounts or axle

I was kinda leaning towards axle because it happens during acceleration, hey would you let me know what it is if you find out before me?

 

[04JettaTDITX]

get under the front of yr pd and grab hold of your ball joints and give em a good shake, if they move or u see any rips in the rubber boots replace them. do u have stock steelies? if so, they may not ne perfectly round.

I do have the steel wheels, raised the front and rear and spun all 4 without hubcaps and used a WD-40 can w/staw just touching the outer lip and all seems to be straight and true, any other thoughts? What's odd is the tires aren't wearing funny. When in the air I did shake the wheel and didn't get any movement so I think bushing and tie rods may be ok.

 

[svanmatr]

I went thru this once and found a bad tire by rotating fronts to rear. Unusual for new tires, but not unknown.

 

[jasonTDI]

Rotate fr to rr and see if it helps. Out of round tire are actually very common.

 

[brothersnag]

Got a quick ? why does it seem ppl are trouble shotting a suspension area when " I let off the gas it stops, get back on the gas it begins again. " Deals more with the drive-train IMHO. Sorry Can't help more then an observation

 

[jasonTDI]

You aren't right here. These cars are super sensitive to tires. Having delt with this more than a few times I say start with the tire issue. It's the culprit 90% of the time.