mishikwest Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 There is another thread going on now about vibration and balance, but mine is alittle different. For a few months I've had a wierd vibration. Comes through the seat, and the shift lever console. Steering wheel too. Also you can see the hood vibrate back and forth. Starts around 50mph. My tires (crummy 235's ! ) where shot, and I figured I had a rear out of balance. Just got new rubber and wheels. 31x 10.5 Mickey Thompson M/T. 15 x 8's black steelies with 3.75 offest. Thought my vibration issues would be gone with my old dry rotted rubber, but the exact same VIBRATION is still there! Any ideas? Alignment issue? oh, tires kick serious a$$, and look tough. thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 im going thru the same thing on my 95 and havent swapped tires and rims yet...but im starting to hear a lil squeel so im thinking 1 of my wheel bearings is shot or loose or something to that effect... i've also heard of rotors being warped and causing a problem but u should be able to feel that in the pedal... mine shakes the ever living crap out of everything from 50-70ish then i guess i reach a harmonic freq and its pretty smooth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmgar99 Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) How old are the Shocks/Struts? Are the ball joints shot? Uper and lower control arm bushings? How about an alignment, all cars and trucks need alignments after a period of time, no matter how carefully you drive. Edited October 19, 2006 by kmgar99 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5523Pathfinder Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Motor mount? Trans mount? Be a little more specific about when it happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mws Posted October 19, 2006 Share Posted October 19, 2006 That's exactly what I was going to ask. What makes it more noticeable, or less noticeable? Throttle position? Brakes? Gear? speed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mishikwest Posted October 20, 2006 Author Share Posted October 20, 2006 It's on the highway starting at about 50mph. Seems very similar to a wheel out of balance, however it's the same with two different sets of wheels and tires. thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unccpathfinder Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 changed my spindles (because i knew the races and bearings were good and was a lot easier to change), upper and lower ball joints and almost all of my shake in the steering wheel is gone at highway speeds... but further checking my rear wheel bearings are bad too and i still get pretty bad shakes coming from the rear but still comes up thru the shifter, seats and all of that stuff... chock the wheels, check that all lugs are tight and jack it up and push back and forth on the wheel (top and bottom of the fronts) if u get movement you more than likely have a wheel bearing bad... also check what others have listed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
88blk4x4 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 (edited) if it's doing the same thing w/ 2 different sets of wheels and tires, I would think you had a warped axle....if you have a floor jack, jack up the truck on the differential and have someone sitting in it to start it and put it in gear w/ both tires off the ground...stand behind it and have them give it gas and watch the rear tires....if a axle is warped, 1 will bounce up and down.... Edited January 3, 2007 by 88blk4x4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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