Front end now very sensitive to tire balancing?

[davevickery]

I had upper control arm bushings and inner tie rod ends replaced. The front end was immediately affected with out of balance tire symptoms; wheel shaking badly. I also redid front brakes including wheel bearings. I have newer tires and immediately before the work it was smooth and only a hint of tire out of balancing ~65 mph, but not enough to bother with.

After it was terrible and did not want to go over 40 mph with the the shaking. I had the tires rebalanced, one was out 1/2 ounce they was not much and it was better but not acceptable. Took it in 2 more times and they said they were zeroed out but redid one/rotated another and finally it is mostly gone.

I'm just wondering if the looseness of the bushings before was making the ride seem smoother, or if there is something that I need to look at. I have not checked to see if the wheel bearing nuts are still sufficiently tight but was thinking of that. Any ideas. Thanks

[insyncro]

I would double check your work.
You have replaced a few items that could easily hamper the driveability if not install per spec.

Try a different set of wheels and tire all together if your work checks out.

Were the bearings/bushings pressed in or hammer whacked?

[Christopher Schimke]

In addition to what Dylan suggested, I have seen a number of 2wd Vanagons that are incredibly sensitive to front wheel bearing tightness. Unless the bearing assembly is tightened perfectly, there would be a front end vibration. On these vans, correcting the wheel bearings fixed the issue.

What wheels are you running?
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