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Aug 18, 2007 | 04:22 PM

BNGOD

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Shaking while accelerating and slowing

I have an 03 4x2 and the truck shakes when around 43-50mph. Thinking it was the tires I took it to the shop and had them balanced but it still does it. Sometimes you can feel it in the steering wheel and others just a light bump as if the tires were out of balance. Has anyone else heard of this or know what it might be?

Aug 18, 2007 | 04:50 PM

hornsfan

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I Have The Same Problem, And Even When You Dont Have The Pedal DOWN And The Trans Is Disingauged? I Would Like To Know Too

Aug 18, 2007 | 05:03 PM

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Have you checked your ball joints and for broken or worn steering/suspension parts?

Aug 18, 2007 | 05:38 PM

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I checked underneath and everything seemed to be tight. It's only got 42K on it so I would hope the ball joints and suspension would last longer.

Aug 18, 2007 | 05:54 PM

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The balljoints are notorious for being worthless on these trucks. Many haven't seen 20K miles out of them--some even less. Looks can be deceiving on balljoints. Do a search for the proper method of checking them and I think you'll be surprised at the amount of material you'll come up with to read on this subject.

Aug 24, 2007 | 07:10 PM

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Here is an update on what was causing the shaking. The left rear wheel was slightly bent. I replaced the wheel and all is well. It didn’t show up until I had the tires road force balanced.<o></o>

Aug 24, 2007 | 07:15 PM

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They should have checked the runout when they balanced the wheels.

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Aug 24, 2007 | 07:26 PM

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I bought the truck used from the dealership and they put the new tires on. I asked about the shaking when I bought it and they told me it was just out of balance and they added the balancing to the deal. I have a feeling they knew about the wheel but. Lessoned learned on my part. I found the truth out when I took it to my local tire shop to have it looked at after the dealer did it and it still had a problem. I was just glad it wasn't something more expensive like the ball joints.