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Old 02-14-2010, 01:10 PM
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Vibration at 70mph

As it is cold and snowing, i haven't had a chance to crawl under there and look.
The vibration starts at about 68 mph. If I let off the go pedal the vibration goes away. Does this sound like a rear drive shaft U joint?
Old 02-14-2010, 05:07 PM
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It might be, you might want to buy a whole new driveshaft assembly any rebuild your existing one when it isn’t so cold and snowy out. (for next time).
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i just went through that my vibration started at 60 mph or so and after a few weeks it got worse ended up being a rear u joint.
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Check carrier bearing??
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No carrier bearing, one piece rear drive shaft.
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OIC so you have a short bed then
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My truck did the EXACT same thing. I crawled under and everything felt fine. I took it to my buddies shop and he pulled the drive shaft and the rear U-Joint was nothing but red rust dust. There were no rollers in one of the bearing cups.
Replaced the U-Joint and its perfect again. Amazing that I couldn't feel any movement with the drive shaft on the truck.
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my vibe started at 50, needed new ujoints here too.
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Couldn't see signs of dust around the u joint caps. So it's been about 50-55K miles since the tires have been rotated and balanced. but they are worn even across, still look good. ( BF Goodrich original factory tires with 73000 miles on them.) Had them rotated and balance and the vibration went away.
Still have a drone sound at about the same speed that pulsates at cruise control speed.
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