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Old 09-17-2011, 02:10 PM
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Not sure what section to put this in. But my truck is making an annoyingly loud humming and slight vibration at 40-45 mph during accelerateing and de-accelerating.? It very obnoxious. I'm not sure if its mAybe a wheel out of balance its just recently started this and now getting worse. Any help wud be nice and if this is the wrong section a mod to move

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Old 09-17-2011, 02:11 PM
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might have a bearing going bad
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Old 09-17-2011, 02:49 PM
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I don't think its popping though. But il def check. The bearings r not that old though

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Old 09-17-2011, 07:20 PM
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It's a vibrating hum at that speed. Any ideas somebody?
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Old 09-17-2011, 07:28 PM
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Default Re: Loud humming 40-45 mph.

Bad bearings don't pop, they hum. The humming will become higher pitched the faster you go.

The vibrating sounds like your tire/s could be out of balance, or have broken belts. A shop will be able to tell you what the issue is.
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Old 09-17-2011, 07:35 PM
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Bad bearings don't pop, they hum. The humming will become higher pitched the faster you go.

The vibrating sounds like your tire/s could be out of balance, or have broken belts. A shop will be able to tell you what the issue is.
Umm last time mine went the were clicking in the turn but bearings sounds like it. There under warranty so guess il take them off soon as I can. And tires r only 6000 miles on them. It rele don't feel like an outa balanced tire though
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Old 09-17-2011, 07:59 PM
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Umm last time mine went the were clicking in the turn but bearings sounds like it. There under warranty so guess il take them off soon as I can. And tires r only 6000 miles on them. It rele don't feel like an outa balanced tire though
You never know.
Once i crossed the border, the us roads fucked up my truck so badly i lost the weights on two of my rims and had to re-balance all four.
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Old 09-17-2011, 08:07 PM
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You never know.
Once i crossed the border, the us roads fucked up my truck so badly i lost the weights on two of my rims and had to re-balance all four.
I'm def not ruling it out lol. Soon as I get paid il take it to see. My apartment complex is full of speed bumps
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Old 09-17-2011, 08:10 PM
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You never know.
Once i crossed the border, the us roads fucked up my truck so badly i lost the weights on two of my rims and had to re-balance all four.
typical candian blaming us for candian incompetence haha just kidding

seriously tho isnt hard to knock off a weight off a rim?
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Old 09-17-2011, 08:14 PM
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typical candian blaming us for candian incompetence haha just kidding

seriously tho isnt hard to knock off a weight off a rim?
dude, we have pot holes issues here, like deep and wide, but you guys have speed bumps everywhere on highways! Almost lost control of the truck a couple times in high traffic in NY, and i wasn't even speeding.

you should have seen the tech guy when he asked me about the missing weights lol
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Old 09-17-2011, 08:18 PM
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dude, we have pot holes issues here, like deep and wide, but you guys have speed bumps everywhere on highways! Almost lost control of the truck a couple times in high traffic in NY, and i wasn't even speeding.

you should have seen the tech guy when he asked me about the missing weights lol
yea i know how it is. they salt the roads so heavy its chewed huge holes all in the roads back n forth to my parents. so im sure i cuda easily knocked them off. but its annoying. il check the wheels and the bearings when i can get to my shop
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Old 09-17-2011, 08:26 PM
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yea i know how it is. they salt the roads so heavy its chewed huge holes all in the roads back n forth to my parents. so im sure i cuda easily knocked them off. but its annoying. il check the wheels and the bearings when i can get to my shop
actually no, the mob owns every construction company out here, so they cheap out on materials (while charging more than anywhere in the world) and we have to patch up roads yearly. since the gov is in it, every investigation is halted and they keep doing business.

but you guys didn't have holes, it was like the road lifted and created small jumps, which was harder on my truck's suspension, and ripped off the weights.

in any case, i hope its nothing major for ya
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Old 09-17-2011, 08:33 PM
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yea me too. cause i just dont have the money for anything major right now. school is taking a huge blow to my financials.
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Old 09-18-2011, 08:28 PM
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Old 09-18-2011, 08:33 PM
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dude, we have pot holes issues here, like deep and wide, but you guys have speed bumps everywhere on highways! Almost lost control of the truck a couple times in high traffic in NY
Ohio and PA have some rough roads, but neither compare to parts of NY.
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