front wheel shake
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front wheel shake
2005, 6.0 f-250 with stock suspension, 55,000 miles on it. This morning I was traveling at about 45mph on an country paved road (with pot holes, and patches) hit an small pot hole. Felt as if I had an blow out on the front left tire. Started shaking and I started slowing down, eased the brakes. It kept this up until I got down to about 25mph then cleared up.Every thing feels fine now but I am wondering if anyone else has had this happen to them and was it wheel bearings or do I need a stearing stabilizer for a stock truck? I have had this same thing happen before on a f-150 I lifted 9'' but it was sitting on 36x14.50 mickey thompsons and a stearing stabilizer fixed it for me.
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Check your tire pressure. My truck does this (oscillate after hitting a bump) if I allow the pressure to dip below 60 PSI.
This shaking is commonly known as "Death Wobble". Do a search on it, you'll find hours of interesting reading.
This shaking is commonly known as "Death Wobble". Do a search on it, you'll find hours of interesting reading.
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It is enough to seriously scare the cr@p out of you.
There is also a TSB on this if you search the TSB database at the top of the page, but the first thing it tells the service technicians to do is check the tire pressure.
There is also a TSB on this if you search the TSB database at the top of the page, but the first thing it tells the service technicians to do is check the tire pressure.
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Hey thanks I will check it as soon as I get back to the house. when I was younger I raced moto-cross and my CR 250 would do it. It was really bad about it, None of my friends that raced with me would ride it. Seems alot like that,only done it at mid speed.It would actualy shake so bad that it would pull the grips right out of my hands.
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I never realized how bad the steering control is on these trucks till I installed my dual stabilizers. I found a Fabtech DirtLogic setup on EBAY and just couldn't pass it up. WHAT a difference!!! The steering wheel is under control when I hit small-meduim sized road bumps.
You should consider upgrading to a set of QUALITY stabilizers.
You should consider upgrading to a set of QUALITY stabilizers.
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Heavy assault is right. Up here in Alaska everyone runs studded tires in the winter and they make bad ruts in the highway. My truck used to grab the ruts and jerk the truck around when I drove through. Now it doesn't even phase the truck. I bought a BDS suspension dual steering stabilizer off ebay for around 99 bucks. It made a world of difference.
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Originally Posted by HeavyAssault
You should consider upgrading to a set of QUALITY stabilizers.
The steering stabilizer, so I'm told, on the '05-up trucks (coil spring front-end) is close to the steering box, instead of being on the passenger side of the suspension like earlier trucks. The location makes a big difference.
Even my stock 01 with leaf springs, the stock stabilizer was worthless. I put a single Rancho in it, and it made a world of difference.
Some people call it a band-aid, I call it a necessity
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Originally Posted by HeavyAssault
You should consider upgrading to a set of QUALITY stabilizers.
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Just looked around a litttle bit, and the dual's are not priced to bad compared to the replacement single ones between 100-150.......small price to pay for killing the death wobble!
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Just make sure you look for one that is compatible with the '05 and up trucks as the front end was completely changed that year to coils from leafs and a lot of the stabilizers advertised are for the '04 and previous trucks.