Steering vibration

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Sandy

New member

• Sep 30, 2016

• #1

I need help with a vibration issue. It only happens between 25 and 40 under acceleration in any gear. Pretty much goes away when in 4wd, but still noticeable. I've rotated tires and is still there. However, I can really hear tire noise from the left rear, but I don't see any tire separation. Thanks for your help

 

WJCO

Meme King

• Sep 30, 2016

• #2

Welcome to WAL. How high is your lift? Pull your front driveshaft off and re drive it. See if it goes away.

 

swampdog

New member

• Sep 30, 2016

• #3

Also check wheel weights to make sure they are still balanced.

 

wayoflife

Administrator

Staff member

• Sep 30, 2016

• #4

Is it an oscillating vibration or more like a shimmy in the wheel? If the latter, a speed related shimmy is almost always a tire balance issue. Granted, you did say it goes away in 4WD so it could be the prior and that could mean you have issues with your front drive shaft. What is your caster set at?

 

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Sandy

New member

• Oct 14, 2016

• #5

WJCO said:

Welcome to WAL. How high is your lift? Pull your front driveshaft off and re drive it. See if it goes away.

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I'll try the drive shaft. 4" lift. Been on about a year. No problems till now. Have 31x12.5" Maxxus tires. After rotating the tires, the rears are really noisy. There's no vibration when decelerating, just accelerating.

 

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Sandy

New member

• Oct 14, 2016

• #6

swampdog said:

Also check wheel weights to make sure they are still balanced.

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wheel weights are still on.

 

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Sandy

New member

• Oct 14, 2016

• #7

wayoflife said:

Is it an oscillating vibration or more like a shimmy in the wheel? If the latter, a speed related shimmy is almost always a tire balance issue. Granted, you did say it goes away in 4WD so it could be the prior and that could mean you have issues with your front drive shaft. What is your caster set at?

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Its not a shimmy, just vibration and I will check the drive shaft. I don't know what the caster was set at. I had a local 4wd shop do the alignment after the lift about a year ago. Has been running straight as an arrow. This just started happening. When I moved the fronts to the back, the tire noise from the rear is noticeably worse than before and still have the vibration.

 

Judesign

Caught the Bug

• Oct 14, 2016

• #8

Wow 4" lift is a ton. And 31s? I would imagine you're caster is way off.

 

Kyle7R

New member

• Oct 14, 2016

• #9

Judesign said:

Wow 4" lift is a ton. And 31s? I would imagine you're caster is way off.

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It's a TJ, according to OP's profile. Still tall, but not what you're probably picturing. People run 4" and 33's on TJs all the time.

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ob_tj

New member

• Oct 14, 2016

• #10

I had the same thing. I would check driveshafts. I had a bad u joint and my driveshaft was way out of balance.

 

Judesign

Caught the Bug

• Oct 14, 2016

• #11

Kyle7R said:

It's a TJ, according to OP's profile. Still tall, but not what you're probably picturing. People run 4" and 33's on TJs all the time.

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Ahhhh now it makes sense. lol thanks. Wasn't a pretty picture in my mind.

 

Dopey84

New member

• Oct 14, 2016

• #12

Any cupping on your tires... that's where my vibration is coming from just slight vibration..


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tdans

New member

• Oct 15, 2016

• #13

I had the same thing happen on mine. It was the cv joint was bad on the front drive shaft. If it's doing that I would bet you can grab the driveshaft and wiggle and twist it and see the movement.


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