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Old 09-11-2011, 12:48 PM
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Default Re: truck shakes bad at 65mph help???

The rubber boot was not put on by me. My dad is the one who has been driving the truck for the last few years and I drove it prior to him. I think we acquired the truck used in 04 or 05. I don't think my dad put that rubber thing on there and i know i didn't. Maybe a shop installed it when my dad had it and i didn't hear about it but as far as i know that has been on there since we have had the truck.

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Check your tie rod ends.. Jack your truck up (front)try shaking your tire from side to side... If it moves alot than yes.... another way is to grab it and attempt to move it.... If you can move it by hand there bad..
That sounds easy enough. I'll give that a shot.
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Old 09-12-2011, 10:51 AM
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Worn shocks could be the culprit.
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Old 09-12-2011, 03:35 PM
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How do you check the shocks to see if they are no good?
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Old 09-14-2011, 05:30 PM
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Alright so jacked the front up and tried to shake the wheel. It seems pretty darn secured to me. I tried to move it back and forth holding onto the sides and then on the top and bottom.

So what else should i be trying to do?
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Old 09-14-2011, 05:35 PM
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Start changing parts lol
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Old 09-14-2011, 05:36 PM
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haha. I suppose that would work. I wish I could narrow down a corner or something instead of just blindly firing new parts at the truck hoping to hit the right one.
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Old 09-14-2011, 05:59 PM
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Alright so jacked the front up and tried to shake the wheel. It seems pretty darn secured to me. I tried to move it back and forth holding onto the sides and then on the top and bottom.

So what else should i be trying to do?
do the same for the the U joints.
have you ruled ot the rims,tires,rotors and hubs?
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Old 09-14-2011, 06:02 PM
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Tires were rotated and rebalanced and properly inflated.
I suppose it could be bad wheels. I don't have a second set though to test that out.
It could also still be the rotors or hubs. Though i'm not sure how i would check those on my own.
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Old 09-16-2011, 06:21 PM
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Well i brought it into a shop today to have it looked at.
The guy said the ball joints are kind of bad on both sides and the lift tie rod end is bad.

But after looking at the truck he said that the people who did the alignment didn't do a very good job. He thought that if I got it aligned again it should fix the wobble.

He suggested fixing the ball joints and stuff sometime next spring.
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Old 09-21-2011, 04:51 PM
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Default Re: truck shakes bad at 65mph help???

So i checked my ball joints and tie rods they are fine some i'm guessing its the tires or balance. So... I'm just gonna leave it the way it is until i have the extra cash to get tires balanced and if its not that i'll need more money for new tires.
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Old 09-21-2011, 06:49 PM
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Goofy problem being all hard to figure out.

I will come back and post once i get the wheels rebalanced as well.
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Old 09-22-2011, 05:36 PM
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The belts might of shifted in the tire itself, the way to figure out if they have or not is to jack the wheel up and spin the wheel and look for any humps or dips in the tread pattern, hope that helps!
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Old 09-22-2011, 08:40 PM
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Never forget the drive shaft. Crawl underneath to your carrier bearing and see if there is a lot of play. That can cause a horrible death wobble. Bad U-Joints can too (on the drive shaft, I mean).
+1 that's the problem I had on my 95 B3000. Drive shaft was fine but u-joints had a bit of play and would shake insane amount at certain speeds. Replaced them (very cheap) and all was totally smooth again.


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Ok so i tried turning it left and right and it seemed that there was zero play within the joint itself. The whole thing shifted back and forth a bit but i saw no wobble in the joint.

That rubber piece does appear to be brand new and I have no idea how it got on there.
My dad has had the truck for the last 4 years or so but the only thing he has done with it is replace the brakes and fix the fan switch.

I'll have to check the drive shaft angle again. I'm not sure if the picture just makes it look weird or if it actually is.
I did the same thing and had a mechanic check it too and all was tight... only when the truck was running on the hoist was any slop visible. I'd replace them as they are really cheap (cost me under $40 for both parts)
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Old 09-23-2011, 07:15 AM
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Default Re: truck shakes bad at 65mph help???

thanks for sharing that, sounds like a good idea. I'll probably give that a whirl after getting the tires rebalanced.
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Old 09-23-2011, 04:59 PM
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Default Re: truck shakes bad at 65mph help???

my 93 4.0 ranger shakes at 65 aswell... im going to get tires aligned soon and hopefully that will fix it.
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