front end vibration
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front end vibration
the front end of my truck has a vibration it seems to be coming from the passenger side i can feel the vibration as slow as 25mph and it get really bad at around 70mph can being out of align cause this i took the rear tires and moved them to the front didn't help at all any ideas?
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Could be the ball joints. Jack the front tires up and see if you get any play in the wheels. Also take a pry bar or something and pry where the ball joint meets the knuckle and see if it moves any.
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Check wheel bearings,raise one wheel at a time grab top and bottom of tire try rocking if excess movement time to replace. To check ball joints jack up one side put pry bar under tire and pry up while watching at joints should be no movement at either joint.
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If its 4wd is a hub locked in with a sticky U-joint in the that axle. And do what fuelman said and check the wheel bearings. Grabbing it top and bottom will also test the ball joints. if there is any slop you need a partner to watch what is moving. if the whole knuckle is moving its ball joints if the wheel is moving but not the knuckle is wheel bearings.
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Check to see if the driveshaft is turning on the front with it in 2wd. That will isolate the front altogether but not one hub stuck. lift one tire to see if the knuckle turns. Then try the other one.
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From: Belair md
popping is probably the rear spring perches on the front springs, common problem, just drill the rivots 1 at a time and replace with 7\16 bolts. is this on a 250 or a 350? i have never had shocks cause a shimmy in the wheel, only excessive jounce and rebound. yours sounds like tires possibly a busted belt if you feel it at speeds as low as 20-25 mph. wouldnt hurt to get them balanced at a place that has a road force variation machine, that will tell you if its tires or a bent wheel. also when checking your balljoints and wheel bearings on our trucks no bars are needed as when you jack it up this is a free floating set-up, no load is on the suspension joints. you hand is more than enough to find any slop
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the easiest and fastes way to replace the rivots with bolts is to take a cut-off wheel(angle grinder) whatever you want to call it. and cut an "X" into the rivot head. an air hammer will knock it off in 3-4 hits, the ft springs take maybee 5 minutes a piece to do. unfortunatly i havent had time to do mine. another thing to inspect is the front hangers where they go through the frame, the bushings rot off and allow the hanger to contact the frame. makes a nasty popping noise as well
