expensive 87 f 350 front end problem
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expensive 87 f 350 front end problem
[LEFT]i got a f 350 ( 87 box TRUCK) that i was having the front wheels bounce off the ground. more so on the passenger side. . now im talking serious, almost bad enough to crash w 2 cords of wood on. new radius arm bushings new shocks 4 hr old front end alignment. that helped, but still little shake NOTHING like before ( had gotton better some ). alignment guy said everything else looked ok. what about tires being unbalanced? also i read somewhere that some radius bushings may have ???? offset degrees or something? this truck hauls firewood. any guys got opinions? also do all 6 wheels need to be balanced? or can you get away w just fronts?
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[left]i got a f 350 ( 87 box TRUCK) that i was having the front wheels bounce off the ground. more so on the passenger side. . now im talking serious, almost bad enough to crash w 2 cords of wood on. new radius arm bushings new shocks 4 hr old front end alignment. that helped, but still little shake NOTHING like before ( had gotton better some ). alignment guy said everything else looked ok. what about tires being unbalanced? also i read somewhere that some radius bushings may have ???? offset degrees or something? this truck hauls firewood. any guys got opinions? also do all 6 wheels need to be balanced? or can you get away w just fronts?
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yea i got my sights set on a older f 600 flatbed. ( think f600 ) its out where i cut wood property owner wants to sell...great big ** dump bed, ect. BUT another step up in the weight fees w dmv.... itll give me reason to sell this one been wanting bigger anyway ( i buy n sell all the time wife hates it ) but to its credit, other than the very LAST run this truck has never seemed too loaded. i mean it never hit bump stops or nothing in rear. would gain speed up hills, deliver wood in city ran great right till now. rad. arm bushings replaced new alignment still small wobble, UNLOADED. would flat spots from sitting too long cause that? 
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I know before I stopped doing cord wood, I only sell tree length now and im racking my brain here... One good cord would take almost all the weight off my front end. I think this is what your feeling going on up there. Any thing loose and its going to be amplified back to you in the seat. For giggles try and stack two rows up near the head board then fill the rest of the truck loose. This will push the weight up front but is a time killer loading... I had a 87 GMC 3500 dump back then and would toss the load loose (filling holes) and stack the back for one cord even. I know it would float all over the road but did feel safe.
My front tires were powder balanced. They don't do this any more... Id have your fronts spun up and checked. You wound not feel a imbalance in the rear with that weight on it and I never balanced my rears on that truck or felt a problem. Focus on the front end. Also the alignment of done empty will change when its loaded like that. Id put half a load on the truck come alignment time to get better wear out of my tires, it did make a difference.
Be safe out there bud,
Justin
My front tires were powder balanced. They don't do this any more... Id have your fronts spun up and checked. You wound not feel a imbalance in the rear with that weight on it and I never balanced my rears on that truck or felt a problem. Focus on the front end. Also the alignment of done empty will change when its loaded like that. Id put half a load on the truck come alignment time to get better wear out of my tires, it did make a difference.
Be safe out there bud,
Justin
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