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Billy Toppless

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when i drove my truck on the highway it would normally shake and vibrate at about 70mph

i did some little mudding to day and ended up framing out and i did slam my rear end pretty good

and now im vibrating at about 50mph

***?

did i bent a rim mayb?

anybody got this issue or had this issue?

 

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Coulda ripped some weights off the wheel, i did that to my bronco not to long ago, its easy to do if your around rocky shit.

 
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Coulda ripped some weights off the wheel, i did that to my bronco not to long ago, its easy to do if your around rocky shit.
wasnt rocky

it was like a ditch type like people would just keep going over and over and over the same tread holes untill they got real deep

and i went across it and slamed my rear end

my dad is thinkin i threw it outta alinement or bend a tie rod

 

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Well look and see if any wheel weights came off, its not uncommon to tearem off(least in the colorado rockies). Also check and see if theres still mud on it any where.

 
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Well look and see if any wheel weights came off, its not uncommon to tearem off(least in the colorado rockies). Also check and see if theres still mud on it any where.
yea ill have to craw under there when it stop raining

damn Florida weather lol

 

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Take a look at your undercarraige, and hose it down. Caked up mud on a tire or rim could be enough to throw it out of balance and cause a vibration.

If you hit your rear real hard, would it have been possible that you also hit the driveshaft a bit? They can bend, or get dented and can cause a vibration.

Now for a BroncoBill78 story. In 1999 I had a brand spankin new A class motor home that I took cross country. In Oklahoma I took a turn too tight, and caught my tailpipe on an upright, forcing it under my wheel which caused the muffler to twist and hit my driveshaft. It got bent, and at 10 MPH there was a noticible vibration. I couldn't go faster than 30 for fear of ripping the rig apart. I was only about 2,000 miles from home.

I called FORD and parts stores, because the unit was so new, there were NO driveshafts available any where in the country! I asked them to pull one off of the assembly line, and they wouldn't do it.

Thank God, I stopped into a Chevy dealer and went into their parts department, and asked if there was anywhere that I could get my driveshaft balanced?

The gal behind the counter knew of some guys in Enid, OK who built driveshafts. SO I drove the 50 miles to get there, (it only took two hours) and in the morning they pulled my drive shaft, cut the ends off, welded a new pipe in between, spun it on a lathe, balanced it and reinstalled it, all for less than $200. I thought for sure I was going to get *****! An out of stater, obviously up the creek without a paddle, and they treated me as good or better than a local. Going accross the country, I think that the people of Oklahoma are amoung the nicest we met.

IF it is a wheel out of balance, you might have a friend drive behind you at fify or sixty and look at your tires, he might be able to see them wiggling.

 
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Take a look at your undercarraige, and hose it down. Caked up mud on a tire or rim could be enough to throw it out of balance and cause a vibration.
If you hit your rear real hard, would it have been possible that you also hit the driveshaft a bit? They can bend, or get dented and can cause a vibration.

Now for a BroncoBill78 story. In 1999 I had a brand spankin new A class motor home that I took cross country. In Oklahoma I took a turn too tight, and caught my tailpipe on an upright, forcing it under my wheel which caused the muffler to twist and hit my driveshaft. It got bent, and at 10 MPH there was a noticible vibration. I couldn't go faster than 30 for fear of ripping the rig apart. I was only about 2,000 miles from home.

I called FORD and parts stores, because the unit was so new, there were NO driveshafts available any where in the country! I asked them to pull one off of the assembly line, and they wouldn't do it.

Thank God, I stopped into a Chevy dealer and went into their parts department, and asked if there was anywhere that I could get my driveshaft balanced?

The gal behind the counter knew of some guys in Enid, OK who built driveshafts. SO I drove the 50 miles to get there, (it only took two hours) and in the morning they pulled my drive shaft, cut the ends off, welded a new pipe in between, spun it on a lathe, balanced it and reinstalled it, all for less than $200. I thought for sure I was going to get *****! An out of stater, obviously up the creek without a paddle, and they treated me as good or better than a local. Going accross the country, I think that the people of Oklahoma are amoung the nicest we met.

IF it is a wheel out of balance, you might have a friend drive behind you at fify or sixty and look at your tires, he might be able to see them wiggling.
i hope i didnt dent my drive shaft

im running short on cash and i gotta drive on the highway toomorrow 60miles and this is gonna suckk

 
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yea man least tommarow itll be dry, right now it snows here instead of rain, then i gotta wait for it melt enough to be able to work. Lol i had to swap transfercases on my truck with snow on the ground and some mud too.

 

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i hope i didnt dent my drive shaftim running short on cash and i gotta drive on the highway toomorrow 60miles and this is gonna suckk
I don't know how often they get bent on broncos becauase they are pretty short. On my motorhome it was about 6-8 feet long so it would bend a lot easier.

Wheel weights like RedNeck mentioned, could get knocked off, or they could slide around on the rim a bit throwing the wheel further out of balance.

I'll say a prayer for you that you just have some caked up mud somewhere.

Good luck

joe

BTW.. did the prayer work?

 
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I don't know how often they get bent on broncos becauase they are pretty short. On my motorhome it was about 6-8 feet long so it would bend a lot easier.Wheel weights like RedNeck mentioned, could get knocked off, or they could slide around on the rim a bit throwing the wheel further out of balance.

I'll say a prayer for you that you just have some caked up mud somewhere.

Good luck

joe

BTW.. did the prayer work?
shiit

well if it is bent is drive on the highway gonna f#$% anything up real bad?

 
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