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Old 04-24-2016, 10:13 AM
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Alright guys, I'm out of ideas here. The truck has a vibration at higher speeds, 50-65mph and it's all in the steering wheel. Here's the fun part, it changes with the curve of the road. IF the vibration is happening and the road takes a right hand turn, the vibration stays once the wheel is straightened out. IF the road takes a left, the vibration goes away and stays gone once straightened but will come back with a right hander again.
I've checked all I can think of, ball joints, bearings, tie rods, alignment, balance, road force, IWE (was bad, fixed, didn't change). Rotating the tires doesn't change anything so it isn't the the wheels/tires. I'm lost here fellas.
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Sway bar links?
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Sway bar links?
Wouldn't think it would cause a vibration, but I'll check tomorrow.
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I have recently changed upper control arms, lower control arm ball joint, struts, sway bar links, sway bar bushings and tie-rod end links. I still have a slight vibration. Only thing it can be is the lower control arm bushings. I have had my tires re-balanced so that has been ruled out.
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Wouldn't think it would cause a vibration, but I'll check tomorrow.
My wheel wondered a little and rumbled, usually past 55. Swapped the bar links and smoothed things out a lot.
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I had the same thing and it was my tires. Got new ones and it went away, rebalanced them first but that didnt work.
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Originally Posted by SCORGE
My wheel wondered a little and rumbled, usually past 55. Swapped the bar links and smoothed things out a lot.
Interesting. Should be a cheap enough thing to check/replace.

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I had the same thing and it was my tires. Got new ones and it went away, rebalanced them first but that didnt work.
Already did that. Replaced some bad tires. Replaced some wheels. Still no change.
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Cost me all of 20 bucks and and hour of my time lol
I guess a sway bar that isn't firm can lead to handling issues. Kind of shocked me as to how much of a difference it made.
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Cost me all of 20 bucks and and hour of my time lol
I guess a sway bar that isn't firm can lead to handling issues. Kind of shocked me as to how much of a difference it made.
Checked them out today, seem tight. Maybe I'll just throw some new ones on for giggles later this week. Truck gets to go in tomorrow to see why they didn't fix the AC the first time.



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