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Old Aug 13, 2012 | 08:03 PM
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F150 Vibration

I just picked up a 95 F150 reg cab SWB & its got a weird vibration that I'm having an issue trying to track down, here's what it's doing & what I've done trying to trace it down:
Starts around 15mph, continues pretty hard til around 30, then gets better, only under acceleration & is still there at higher speeds, but not as noticable.
I bought the truck used, its got 77k miles, is a 5.0, auto, it already had new front brake pads & rotors, rear shoes, drums & u-joints
I have replaced the front tires (1 was sepo'd), replaced the rear drums & fixed the rear brakes (r/r shoes were reversed & had a warped the drum)-no help under acceleration, helped a braking issue
sent the driveshaft out & had it rebalanced-no change
swaped rear tires out for other set-no change
checked motor mounts, all seem to be good
check rear end, gears, bearings all appear ok, no chipped teeth, no noises
it's got me stumped....HELP!
 
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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 08:34 PM
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Do you feel it in the steering wheel or the seat/floor board?
 
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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 08:39 PM
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Through the seat, and increases with the speed of the truck & not by engine RPM
 
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Old Aug 15, 2012 | 08:58 PM
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Sounds like the feeling you get with a separated belt in a tire or driveshaft issue. I know you had them checked/swapped but first things came to mind. Is it completely gone when not accelerating? Bent diff yoke, trans output shaft bushing, tire balance?
 
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Old Aug 19, 2012 | 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by sccamper
Sounds like the feeling you get with a separated belt in a tire or driveshaft issue. I know you had them checked/swapped but first things came to mind. Is it completely gone when not accelerating? Bent diff yoke, trans output shaft bushing, tire balance?
I thought it was a driveshaft too, the truck had new u-joints when I got it, I had the driveshaft rebalanced, no change, I've swapped tires around & rebalanced them, I've not checked the trans yoke, but I dunno how it could've gotten bent, thats next on my list
Thanks for the help, I'll keep the post updated
 
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