Help, What's causing this steering issue?
Post Fiend
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From: Mt. Shasta California
Nevermind, I didn't see that it was 2wd.
Mountain Pass
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From: southwest washington (th
I searched for steering wheel shimmy and found this thread? the odd thing is, the front end itself does not shimmy or make any noise only the steering wheel itself shimmys back and forth about 2 or 3 inches and only between 20 and 30 mph? at speeds over 30 it goes away!
Post Fiend
Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Mt. Shasta California
I searched for steering wheel shimmy and found this thread? the odd thing is, the front end itself does not shimmy or make any noise only the steering wheel itself shimmys back and forth about 2 or 3 inches and only between 20 and 30 mph? at speeds over 30 it goes away!
Mountain Pass
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From: southwest washington (th
so now that we are on board that this is a two wheel drive im talking about.... any ideas, it started about 4 months ago, and seems to be getting worse, this truck only has 80,000 miles? one more thing, it seems to be more noticeable when its cold? after I drive it and the engines warmed up, its slightly less noticeable?
Post Fiend
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From: Mt. Shasta California
so now that we are on board that this is a two wheel drive im talking about.... any ideas, it started about 4 months ago, and seems to be getting worse, this truck only has 80,000 miles? one more thing, it seems to be more noticeable when its cold? after I drive it and the engines warmed up, its slightly less noticeable?
Laughing Gas
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From: Northcentral Wisconsin
I searched for steering wheel shimmy and found this thread? the odd thing is, the front end itself does not shimmy or make any noise only the steering wheel itself shimmys back and forth about 2 or 3 inches and only between 20 and 30 mph? at speeds over 30 it goes away!
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Well heck I thought I was subscribed to this thread..... So I didn't see all these extra replies, none the less...
I just got my truck back tonight, I'm confident that the u joints were the majority of the problem, they were bad and both replaced ($300ish) but I also had the sway bar end links replaced too, it feels like it handles 10x better now. The u joints had actually got bad enough that I'd have to run it with 4wd in otherwise it would shudder and shake bad at pretty much any speed. (my vacuum hubs are replaced with warn lockouts, hubs unlocked, so it wasn't really in 4wd.)
Drives so nice now, I've been missing it!
I just got my truck back tonight, I'm confident that the u joints were the majority of the problem, they were bad and both replaced ($300ish) but I also had the sway bar end links replaced too, it feels like it handles 10x better now. The u joints had actually got bad enough that I'd have to run it with 4wd in otherwise it would shudder and shake bad at pretty much any speed. (my vacuum hubs are replaced with warn lockouts, hubs unlocked, so it wasn't really in 4wd.)
Drives so nice now, I've been missing it!
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Unfortunately, even after all that my truck still likes to wander. So, more to be done.
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