Back in the 80's we had severe nosewheel shimmy problems on our 737-200's. On a take off from Manila very severe shimmy took place just as we reached take off thrust. There was a loud cracking noise in the nose-wheel area, we momentarily lost steering control and lost A system. Came to grinding halt from a maximum speed attained of about 30 knots.
The shimmy was so severe it broke the nosewheel scissors linkage which in turn snapped the A System Hydraulic line to the nose-wheel.
A few weeks later a similar severe shimmy occurred to another of our 737-200's soon after touch down. Both nose wheel tyres burst. If I recall correctly the defects were traced to faulty retreads on the nosewheels.