Vibration
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Vibration
I am new to this forum. I found it because I was looking for a place to see if anyone else has the problem that I am having. I have a 2002 Ford F150 2X2 Super Crew. It had 26,000 miles on it when we got it from a local dealer. A couple days later I noticed that at 62 mph there is a vibration in the seats and floor boards. Since I first taken it in till 15,000 miles later I have had new tires, rims and new motor put into this truck. Now the motor problem was found just lately when I finally talked them into looking at something else besides the tires. Cylinder 5 was low on compersion and after a ring job did not fix it they replaced the engine with a Ford long block. But the vibration is still there and now they are scratching there head and I am not getting anywhere. I was wondering if anyone else has had the vibration in the seat and floor board and what they found to be the problem.
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Clyde
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Hi Clyde and welcome to the forum 
Is the vibration high or low frequency? A tire type vibration will usually be low frequency, like a shimmy. A driveline vibration will usually be higher frequency, almost like a buzz feel.
Is the vibration high or low frequency? A tire type vibration will usually be low frequency, like a shimmy. A driveline vibration will usually be higher frequency, almost like a buzz feel.
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Thanks for the respone Racerguy. I guess you would call it a low frequency shimmy. You feel it in the seat and floor board. I think the best way to explain it is like a wheel weight on the back tire is missing and gives you that shimmy. I had 2 sets of rims and 3 sets of tires the last ones are brand new put on the truck and did not fix it.
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Well thats one of my problems. I have not taken it to another dealer yet but I can not get them to look into the problem. They admit that the shimmy is there. It had 26,000 miles on it when I got it and I went back to them 2 days later and explained the problem. They keep telling me it's normal and it's not bad enough that Ford will fix it. I have never had a truck to shimmy like that. I all ready called Ford and that did not get me anywhere.
