Vibration fix?!
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From: Switzerland
Vibration fix?!
Hi,
Until two weeks ago I was just reading and feeling sorry for F-150 2004 owners who wrote about the vibration problems. Then it happened to me as well..
Two weeks ago an extreme vibration at any speed comes and goes- suddenly. I tried different speeds and moderate/aggressive driving -- no pattern found.
I lifted up the back of my truck, took off the wheels and rotors and found following in summary:
- left wheel was always warmer (not hot) than the right one after driving
- right axle seal is either wrongly installed by the Swiss car mech, but it leaked oil
- brake pads needed changing
- left parking brake shoes looked a bit bad -- not smoothly worn out (small holes
Repair (at least after 150miles it has worked):
- turned the rotors inside out!
- put the thing together
No vibration anymore. Sounds unbelievable...but it seemed to work.
So I think the left parking brake has been touching the inner rotor surface during driving randomly.
Just wanted to let you know.
Until two weeks ago I was just reading and feeling sorry for F-150 2004 owners who wrote about the vibration problems. Then it happened to me as well..
Two weeks ago an extreme vibration at any speed comes and goes- suddenly. I tried different speeds and moderate/aggressive driving -- no pattern found.
I lifted up the back of my truck, took off the wheels and rotors and found following in summary:
- left wheel was always warmer (not hot) than the right one after driving
- right axle seal is either wrongly installed by the Swiss car mech, but it leaked oil
- brake pads needed changing
- left parking brake shoes looked a bit bad -- not smoothly worn out (small holes
Repair (at least after 150miles it has worked):
- turned the rotors inside out!
- put the thing together
No vibration anymore. Sounds unbelievable...but it seemed to work.
So I think the left parking brake has been touching the inner rotor surface during driving randomly.
Just wanted to let you know.
Laughing Gas
Joined: Jan 2005
Posts: 1,055
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From: Magnolia, TX
Thanks for the update. There does not seem to be a single cause of the vibrations on these trucks. BUt, it's nice to know at least we have a "list" to go down for those who have to troublshoot. 
(My 04 FX4 is, luckily, smooth as glass.)
CMOS
(My 04 FX4 is, luckily, smooth as glass.)CMOS
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From: MA
Glad to see you fixed the problem. It sounds like the well known parking brake issue. It sticks randomly, and you cant pinpoint the extreme vibration. If you do a search, I wrote the entire work order in a post, that was used to fix mine.
