Vibration problem
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Tuned
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Vibration problem
Hi guys I have a 1995 f150 XL 2wd auto.
I've been trying to track down a really bad vibration. The vibration starts to occur above 60 and gets worse as speed increases. The funny thing is the vibration at high speeds does vary between bad and slightly good. The vibration is felt in the steering wheel and througout the truck in general i.e through the floor, bench seat, even my mirrors vibrate. I've had the wheels balance, alignment done, new tie rod ends, new springs, new shocks (all around). I think it may be the u-joints or bad tires. My rear leaf springs are funky too, but I don't think its them. I bought the truck used and the tire had decent enough tread to keep.
My front driver side tire does have a ton of weights on it from the balancing.
Any help would be great!
I've been trying to track down a really bad vibration. The vibration starts to occur above 60 and gets worse as speed increases. The funny thing is the vibration at high speeds does vary between bad and slightly good. The vibration is felt in the steering wheel and througout the truck in general i.e through the floor, bench seat, even my mirrors vibrate. I've had the wheels balance, alignment done, new tie rod ends, new springs, new shocks (all around). I think it may be the u-joints or bad tires. My rear leaf springs are funky too, but I don't think its them. I bought the truck used and the tire had decent enough tread to keep.
My front driver side tire does have a ton of weights on it from the balancing.
Any help would be great!
More Turbo
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From: Deepwater Mo.
Other then that,
What transmission do you have? I know on my E4OD the brass Tail house bushing needed to be replaced.... I could wiggle the drive-shaft up and down and see the tail-shaft move....Should have very little to no play at all.
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Tuned
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So I looked at my u joints. They are the non-serviceable type. I'll change them then. I have 178,000 miles on the truck and for all I know they could be original. (I'm the second owner)
I have the 4r70w transmission and it does seem to leak a tad from the yoke end of the trans.
As for a brand of u-joints, are Spicer u joints a good replacement?
I have the 4r70w transmission and it does seem to leak a tad from the yoke end of the trans.
As for a brand of u-joints, are Spicer u joints a good replacement?
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I have had 2 trucks now that needed to have the driveshaft balanced, first was my '89 F150 and the second is the '06 E250 I just bought. An unbalanced driveshaft produces a resonant vibration that gets louder as speed increases and it makes the windows and body panels sing at a frequency you can both hear and feel, while an unbalanced tire does something similar but it is usually at a much lower frequency that you can only feel but not hear so it's more of a shudder. Makes sense of course as the driveshaft is turning at 3-4 times the speed of the wheels based on the rear axle gear ratio.
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Mountain Pass
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Hi guys I have a 1995 f150 XL 2wd auto.
I've been trying to track down a really bad vibration. The vibration starts to occur above 60 and gets worse as speed increases. The funny thing is the vibration at high speeds does vary between bad and slightly good. The vibration is felt in the steering wheel and througout the truck in general i.e through the floor, bench seat, even my mirrors vibrate. I've had the wheels balance, alignment done, new tie rod ends, new springs, new shocks (all around). I think it may be the u-joints or bad tires. My rear leaf springs are funky too, but I don't think its them. I bought the truck used and the tire had decent enough tread to keep.
My front driver side tire does have a ton of weights on it from the balancing.
Any help would be great!
I've been trying to track down a really bad vibration. The vibration starts to occur above 60 and gets worse as speed increases. The funny thing is the vibration at high speeds does vary between bad and slightly good. The vibration is felt in the steering wheel and througout the truck in general i.e through the floor, bench seat, even my mirrors vibrate. I've had the wheels balance, alignment done, new tie rod ends, new springs, new shocks (all around). I think it may be the u-joints or bad tires. My rear leaf springs are funky too, but I don't think its them. I bought the truck used and the tire had decent enough tread to keep.
My front driver side tire does have a ton of weights on it from the balancing.
Any help would be great!
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Conanski where did you take your drive shafts to get balanced? How much did it cost?
Zemus420: Not a bad idea. I checked today and the driver side front wheel has around 27 1/4 oz. (7 gram) weights in it. The wheel doesn't look bent, but I probably couldn't see it visiually if it was. Could my tires have a flat spot too? I did buy the truck used and I think is sat for several months to a year.
Zemus420: Not a bad idea. I checked today and the driver side front wheel has around 27 1/4 oz. (7 gram) weights in it. The wheel doesn't look bent, but I probably couldn't see it visiually if it was. Could my tires have a flat spot too? I did buy the truck used and I think is sat for several months to a year.
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From: FORD COUNTRY --TEXAS--
Conanski where did you take your drive shafts to get balanced? How much did it cost?
Zemus420: Not a bad idea. I checked today and the driver side front wheel has around 27 1/4 oz. (7 gram) weights in it. The wheel doesn't look bent, but I probably couldn't see it visiually if it was. Could my tires have a flat spot too? I did buy the truck used and I think is sat for several months to a year.
Zemus420: Not a bad idea. I checked today and the driver side front wheel has around 27 1/4 oz. (7 gram) weights in it. The wheel doesn't look bent, but I probably couldn't see it visiually if it was. Could my tires have a flat spot too? I did buy the truck used and I think is sat for several months to a year.
and it could just be a bad tire and not a bent rim.
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Oh I thought he ment he had 27oz on his tire total. I was thinking damn that's a lot. 6 3/4 oz isn't that bad. But I would think smaller tires would need that much weight I guess size doesn't matter as far as balancing tires goes.
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Tuned
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Ok. I'll have the tires rebalanced. If the vibration continues, I'll move to the next cheapest option which will be to rebalance/replace the drive shaft. A new drive shaft is $170. If that doesn't do it then its on to the tires.
Is there anyway for a shop to check to see if the wheels have a bent rim?
Is there anyway for a shop to check to see if the wheels have a bent rim?
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