Help with Lift please
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Help with Lift please
Just had a fabtech 5.5 lift installed and noticed three things.
1) above 80 I get a hum/vibration so I ordered the carrier bearing shim kit, this should take care of some of it.
2) this just started happening, when I turn right at very slow speeds I get a whining sound. Only while moving slowly and turning right? any thoughts?
3) If I am giving the truck some throttle and let off abrubtly I hear a little wobble sound? Its not bad but I can faintly hear it. Most other people cant unless I make them listen for it... any thoughts?
1) above 80 I get a hum/vibration so I ordered the carrier bearing shim kit, this should take care of some of it.
2) this just started happening, when I turn right at very slow speeds I get a whining sound. Only while moving slowly and turning right? any thoughts?
3) If I am giving the truck some throttle and let off abrubtly I hear a little wobble sound? Its not bad but I can faintly hear it. Most other people cant unless I make them listen for it... any thoughts?
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haha, the whine in my cab is sometimes unbearable... I just let think i am listening then it ussually quiets down...
Yeti, I have procomp x terrains and american racing rims, but I just put them on today... The noise from the tires now masks everything else.....
The whining sounded like it was coming from the front left tire/axle area
Yeti, I have procomp x terrains and american racing rims, but I just put them on today... The noise from the tires now masks everything else.....
The whining sounded like it was coming from the front left tire/axle area
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Originally posted by desert duty
I get a whining sound, but it usually comes from in the cab, somewhere to my right.
I get a whining sound, but it usually comes from in the cab, somewhere to my right.
Welcome to FTE, desert duty. Come out swinging, did ya?
There's a few of those "to our right" on here that'll take exception to that!
But, I thought it was funny
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Originally posted by abendx
your tires make noise?
your tires make noise?
).we'll see when I get the shims, hopefully that will answer my needs...
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Yeah Bi Orn,
I guess thats why I no longer have someone to my right, but that cured the whining noise.
Back to ford to fitty's problem, I would first make sure the front driveshaft and axleshafts are not turning that way you can isolate the problem. If they are not turning, then all it can be is the bearings or possibly the pads rubbing on the rotors. Also, could it be the power steering box? I've had fords that do that, especially when you turn the wheel and you are not moving. And lastly, since a lift kit was installed, the brakelines/hub vacuumn lines/and ABS lines had to be stretched/rerouted to reach, so make sure they are'nt tochin nuthin when you crank the wheel all the way left and right.
I guess thats why I no longer have someone to my right, but that cured the whining noise.
Back to ford to fitty's problem, I would first make sure the front driveshaft and axleshafts are not turning that way you can isolate the problem. If they are not turning, then all it can be is the bearings or possibly the pads rubbing on the rotors. Also, could it be the power steering box? I've had fords that do that, especially when you turn the wheel and you are not moving. And lastly, since a lift kit was installed, the brakelines/hub vacuumn lines/and ABS lines had to be stretched/rerouted to reach, so make sure they are'nt tochin nuthin when you crank the wheel all the way left and right.
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Originally posted by desert duty
Yeah Bi Orn,
Back to ford to fitty's problem, I would first make sure the front driveshaft and axleshafts are not turning that way you can isolate the problem. If they are not turning, then all it can be is the bearings or possibly the pads rubbing on the rotors. Also, could it be the power steering box? I've had fords that do that, especially when you turn the wheel and you are not moving. And lastly, since a lift kit was installed, the brakelines/hub vacuumn lines/and ABS lines had to be stretched/rerouted to reach, so make sure they are'nt tochin nuthin when you crank the wheel all the way left and right.
Yeah Bi Orn,
Back to ford to fitty's problem, I would first make sure the front driveshaft and axleshafts are not turning that way you can isolate the problem. If they are not turning, then all it can be is the bearings or possibly the pads rubbing on the rotors. Also, could it be the power steering box? I've had fords that do that, especially when you turn the wheel and you are not moving. And lastly, since a lift kit was installed, the brakelines/hub vacuumn lines/and ABS lines had to be stretched/rerouted to reach, so make sure they are'nt tochin nuthin when you crank the wheel all the way left and right.
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I get a thumpity-thump noise when cranking the wheel hard left only, but that is from the tire rubbing the frame. I need to put it on jack stands and figure out why it only does it that way and how to make adjustable steering stops. Maybe drill and tap the stop for a bolt?
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I have drilled and tapped and used a grade 8 hex head screw. As for it hitting one way and not the other, mine does the same thing. I think it is because the stop on one of the knuckles is smaller than the other.
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