Shaking at freeway speeds....
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Shaking at freeway speeds....
I have noticed recently that when I hit 65+ MPH my truck seems to start to shake fairly bad. I was wondering if anybody has some ideas what could be causing this? My truck is a 1999 F150 ext. cab with the 5.4 it does have 285's but don't think the tires could be causing this as it isn't all the time and it's a pretty good shake. Thanks in advance!!
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I don't do any mudding but during waterfowl season I end up driving on a lot of gravel roads. I just bought the truck about 1 1/2 months ago and since then have done quite a bit of driving on gravel roads, could that throw the balance off??
Any other thing that could cause this problem?
Any other thing that could cause this problem?
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Probably not, the reason your tires can go out of balance during mudding is usually caused by two reasons. Either while spinning your tires in the mud, something got caught on the weight and rips it off.... or mud can dry up on the inside of the rim and throw your balance off.
I would just go to get them balanced, it would probably cost you about $20.
I would just go to get them balanced, it would probably cost you about $20.
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Sorry didnt see this part earlier. Maybe a weight came off the driveshaft.
Edit- How old are the tires? Are they dry rotted? I have seen in a very few cases where a tire has broken an internal belt, and started to separate.
Edit- How old are the tires? Are they dry rotted? I have seen in a very few cases where a tire has broken an internal belt, and started to separate.
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Same problem
I have 2001 super crew 4wd and have the same problem but the vibration starts at 50mph. This is what I have done so far:
- Re-balanced tires
- Replaced tie rods that proved to be bad
- Replaced front brake pads..roters and calipers are fine
How do I check that?
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My '97 did that to. When I got up to about 65-70 it started shaking and vibrating. Was worse when on the throttle. Turned out to be the u-joints in the rear driveshaft. They had locked up. Might check that out to.
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never outrule the tires, a friend has a 3/4 ton and put on new general grabber at2. Ran fine for awhile, then the truck started vibrating and tires wore fairly quick. Tire shop aligned and balanced and it continued(even tried the balancing beads). The only 2 people with those tires i know have the same problem.
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Ok thanks for all the advice, I think I am going to have the tires rebalanced this week and see if that helps at all and if not then I will have the U joints checked. Hopefully it's just the tires needing to be rebalanced!!
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I had this problem as well and it was a combination of 2 things
1. bad u-joint in rear drive shaft
2. Bad tie-rod ends all across the front
Replace all tie-rod ends and both u-joints in the rear shaft and no more shake at all
1. bad u-joint in rear drive shaft
2. Bad tie-rod ends all across the front
Replace all tie-rod ends and both u-joints in the rear shaft and no more shake at all
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to start, is your truck a 4X4? whit kind of shake is it, in the stearingwheel or the whole truck, and does it sound ok till you reach a good spd then sound like a plain is taking off?
i reall would not worry about the wheel balancing just yet... I got a 2000 5spd 4X just begining of last spring. taking it home from the store, sounded like it was going to take off and shook real bad, but being it had a supped exaust and 265/75R16 AT's, i figured it was the tire noise and exaust. drove with it for a while then decided to actually look into it. Ended up being a WHEEL BEARING. But really depends on what kind of shake it is. if it also has a humming type noise like its ready to take off, then i would say get your wheel bearings checked. then look at the ujoint. if your tire is off balance it will have a tendency of tracking one way on the road.... left or right. if its doing that then look into the balancing, I got lucky with a ford bearing cheeper then aftermaket, but some times better to price them first.
cheers
i reall would not worry about the wheel balancing just yet... I got a 2000 5spd 4X just begining of last spring. taking it home from the store, sounded like it was going to take off and shook real bad, but being it had a supped exaust and 265/75R16 AT's, i figured it was the tire noise and exaust. drove with it for a while then decided to actually look into it. Ended up being a WHEEL BEARING. But really depends on what kind of shake it is. if it also has a humming type noise like its ready to take off, then i would say get your wheel bearings checked. then look at the ujoint. if your tire is off balance it will have a tendency of tracking one way on the road.... left or right. if its doing that then look into the balancing, I got lucky with a ford bearing cheeper then aftermaket, but some times better to price them first.
cheers
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to start, is your truck a 4X4? whit kind of shake is it, in the stearingwheel or the whole truck, and does it sound ok till you reach a good spd then sound like a plain is taking off?
i reall would not worry about the wheel balancing just yet... I got a 2000 5spd 4X just begining of last spring. taking it home from the store, sounded like it was going to take off and shook real bad, but being it had a supped exaust and 265/75R16 AT's, i figured it was the tire noise and exaust. drove with it for a while then decided to actually look into it. Ended up being a WHEEL BEARING. But really depends on what kind of shake it is. if it also has a humming type noise like its ready to take off, then i would say get your wheel bearings checked. then look at the ujoint. if your tire is off balance it will have a tendency of tracking one way on the road.... left or right. if its doing that then look into the balancing, I got lucky with a ford bearing cheeper then aftermaket, but some times better to price them first.
cheers
i reall would not worry about the wheel balancing just yet... I got a 2000 5spd 4X just begining of last spring. taking it home from the store, sounded like it was going to take off and shook real bad, but being it had a supped exaust and 265/75R16 AT's, i figured it was the tire noise and exaust. drove with it for a while then decided to actually look into it. Ended up being a WHEEL BEARING. But really depends on what kind of shake it is. if it also has a humming type noise like its ready to take off, then i would say get your wheel bearings checked. then look at the ujoint. if your tire is off balance it will have a tendency of tracking one way on the road.... left or right. if its doing that then look into the balancing, I got lucky with a ford bearing cheeper then aftermaket, but some times better to price them first.
cheers
Thanks for the info this actually really helps as the truck does seem to pull to the right a little bit. Maybe it needs the tires balanced and an alignment. Yes my truck is a 4X4.
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well with the 4x. as mine is... i had it pulling too, its because the wheel bearing (ended up being the front driverside).... is shot, so the wheel has play , as the bearings nolonger run smooth, so youll get a wiggle in the wheel, that is where the sound comes from, and as it was left so long the front CV shaft on the same wheel that goes into the trans case was shot too, im actually just doing the cv shaft tomorrow as i did not need the 4X during the summer. But i would really get the wheel bearings looked at first... by a good shop. then while they have the wheel off, get them to look at the cv shafts and make sure they are good. this will ensure good smooth operation of the 4wheel drive if or when you need it. and while the wheels are off, they can likely put the tires on the balancer to make sure they are at 0 or as close as poss.
and yes i do work at a shop!
if you want to check out my ride, the best place to look at pics is Pinkbike.com, go to buy/sell, and look up Ford F-150 4X4..... its the one on 20" boss / falken wheel rubber set!
hope you get her fixed!
and yes i do work at a shop!
if you want to check out my ride, the best place to look at pics is Pinkbike.com, go to buy/sell, and look up Ford F-150 4X4..... its the one on 20" boss / falken wheel rubber set!
hope you get her fixed!
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Thanks for all the info at least now I have somewhere to start. My dad has a good friend who is a hell of a mech. so I will have to get him to look at it. Plus we get a hell of a rate on parts and labor when he does it!! Thanks again for the insight it should really help!!
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