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I've got an 89 F-150 5.0 4x4 on a 6" lift with 33" tires. When i hit a pot-hole or some sort of dip in the road the truck will go into these violent spazzums. It feels like its coming out of the front passenger tire but im not sure. Front axle for sure. My buddy has stuck his head out the window and said that the tire is lierally skipping/hopping across the road and not grabbing traction. Usually after it happens once it will happen a few more times in the next few minutes without hitting anything else. The only cure for this ive found so far is to slowway down almost to idle and then accelerate again. Any ideas on how i can fix the shaking?

I havent found anything leaking, I've checked all my fluids, c6 trans and in good shape, front tires are in slight need of alignment but i havent got the money for that just yet.

I also have a 77 F-150 with the exact same issue. 351w, 5.8, 4x4, 6" sus, 3"body, 36" tires. Only difference with this one is usually when i accelerate to 30mph+ it shakes the exact same way as the 89.

AFSOCSGT

Balance the tires, get an alignment, jack the front end up with the tires off the ground and shake, pull, push, kick and punch up and down on both sides and make sure everything is tight and in good condition.

Russ from OKC

Sounds to me like your shock absorber is gone... New shocks should fix it.
Possibly could be a u-joint too. Those will shake the hell out of you when they are going out.

Punity

Shocks. Father in laws truck did the same thing hit a pothole truck shakes like crazy changed out the shocks rides like a dream for a chevy.

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So i did a bit more poking around and found out that that the shock on the passenger side is missing a bushing. I'll look into new shocks. Thanks!