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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 01:02 AM
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Vibration

I have a vibration in what seems like the front end. Truck is a 2wd and I was wondering if there is anything that commonly goes out on these trucks to make that happen? It pulls to the right as well . I need to have it balanced and aligned probably but just curious about other things as well
 
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 12:56 PM
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What kind of vibration are we talking about here... specifics are needed, fast, slow, any noises, speed relative, engine speed relative, does it get worse when turning? Jack it up and check for loose stuff, wheel bearing, king pins, tie rods, radius arms. Give the wheels a spin to make sure you dont have a bent wheel, and check the tires for seperation, cracked tread and bulging.
 
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 02:48 PM
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check the harmonic balancer, it is used to muffle crankshaft vibration
 
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Old Jun 16, 2012 | 05:04 PM
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Originally Posted by SThornton
check the harmonic balancer, it is used to dampen crankshaft vibration
But I'd say it's not very likely that your harmonic balancer is bad.

-Matt
 
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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 04:53 AM
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If your talking about "while driving" I think you already found your problem.
Get the front end checked.
 
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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 12:27 PM
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Well yesterday I found the problem . The tires had half tread left but were very old and were starting to actually come apart . How I know is one blew the tread off while I was driving yesterday . Good thing I had a spare . Went to tire shop and put on 4 new tires vibration gone
 
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Old Jun 17, 2012 | 12:40 PM
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Originally Posted by hairyboxnoogle
... check the tires for seperation, cracked tread and bulging.

Well at least you got it figured out.
 
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