Front End Vibration
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From: Gardner, MA
Front End Vibration
'03 Explorer Sport - I just checked all my Ball joints, U-Joints and CV joints. While up on the jacks we rotated the wheels & turned them left and right. After jacking it up and doing these things now when I drive the Front end vibrates/shutters to the point I feel it in the steering wheel. It is not all the time but it can happen when I turn l or R and or hit bumps in the road. What is happening. I noticed my front diff is leaking fluid out the pinion seal so I know I need to fix that. Could this be causing the shudder? Is the front diff a Limited Slip? I know the Rear is (D4 code and on Window sticker).
It's strange because the same thing happened a week ago when I had it up on jacks to check over things and when I first test drove it it shuddered turning right. It soon went away. Now it is even worse........ Please help!
It's strange because the same thing happened a week ago when I had it up on jacks to check over things and when I first test drove it it shuddered turning right. It soon went away. Now it is even worse........ Please help!
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Thanks aquanaut20! I had suspected this but no one around me thought that was possible. It makes sense because both times I had turned the wheels with the engine off. Also on my 40 mile ride home last night the vibration slowly went away. Just curious why a bump would induce this while driving. I may replace the sway bar bushings and such. A friend said this is also a common symptom of worn and dried bushings.
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Originally Posted by JamesT96GT
Thanks aquanaut20! Just curious why a bump would induce this while driving.
Hope this helps.
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Just read this posting....that happened to me once. My alternator quit and the engine died just as I was trying to turn into the driveway. I kept turning the wheel to make it in. Then I had the shuddering too....I did your remedy and it got rid of the shuddering...
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