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Old 01-19-2016, 10:43 PM
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Ok I'll try to make this easy and quick. My truck shakes at about 60 mph I can drive out of it and I'll be fine I have also put it in neutral and it still did it. When I got the truck it came with 20 in eagle alloys and a leveling kit. I had the tires balanced and that seemed to help for about a week for so. At about 50 mph I can see my drivers side bed start to shake and it builds up and at 60 it's shakes pretty good I can feel it in the seat on the floor and in the steering wheel. I did notice once I aired my tires back to the same psi on all 4 it seemed to help it I don't know if it's just me or what but the truck is smooth at 75 but with weather conditions people are going 55 to 60 and im just here with my truck shaking down the road. Any advice would be greatly appreciated thank you.
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Next time you drive it when it starts put the transmission in neutral. If the vibration goes away start looking at the driveline. If it persists then it's gonna be a problem with your wheels/tires. I'm guessing you got a out of round tire.
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Originally Posted by HeathMc
Next time you drive it when it starts put the transmission in neutral. If the vibration goes away start looking at the driveline. If it persists then it's gonna be a problem with your wheels/tires. I'm guessing you got a out of round tire.
OP said he put it in neutral and still did it.
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Most likely front end suspension... Ball joints / tie rod ends inner and outer / UCA / sway bar bushing ... year/ mileage ?? 2 or 4 WD ? You can search "Death wobble"
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Come guys help me out here
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Did you see techrep's response?
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I had a "Shimmy" that started at around 60 as well. Ended up being tie rods. Had them replaced (and new tires by chance) and now it's smooth as silk, all the way up to 80.
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My vibration turned out to be four things. Drive shaft off balance, shot U-joints, tires out of balance, parking brake hanging up. They're all easy fixes.
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Originally Posted by Bucko
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Guess not !! we tried.
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Could be an engine coil going out


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