Driveline vibration
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Driveline vibration
My truck has a high-speed vibration that shows up around
60 MPH. Annoying. Just had the diff gone through. New bearings & clutches in the limited slip. U-joints look OK, Carrier bearing doesn't move. Wondering what it could be???
60 MPH. Annoying. Just had the diff gone through. New bearings & clutches in the limited slip. U-joints look OK, Carrier bearing doesn't move. Wondering what it could be???
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It's not a wheel-balance thing. That would be a low-speed vibration. I'm getting a high-speed vibration like a bad U-joint. Here's my sig. Sorry.
1999 SLT Laramie 2500 CTD. Quad-Cab Lwb, 175K, Auto, 2wd, 3.54s, 5" straight pipe, Vulcan kit, FP guage. Silencer ring?... Whuzzat?
1999 SLT Laramie 2500 CTD. Quad-Cab Lwb, 175K, Auto, 2wd, 3.54s, 5" straight pipe, Vulcan kit, FP guage. Silencer ring?... Whuzzat?
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double check u-joints. mine did the same thing and i missd the bad u-joint at frist check but sure enought . . . as it got worse the u-joint finnaly caught my eye. Whatever it is, if its fairly violent, fix it as soon as you can. I drove on mine for a week or two and a few months later when i was having my tranny suncoasted they found a case cracked between the tranny at trans case (dry shaft inside so no obvious leak but still 150$$)
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When i had a vibration all the u-joints were tight but when i took it down the road for about 30 miles i got out and checked them again and the one u-joint was really hot. I changed it out and it went away. Just another idea.
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I removed drivelines that everything looked fine. after removal I found one u-joint bearing full of metal dust from disintegrated bearings. Bad u-joints have been the vibration problem many times. Replace u-joints and it will probably go away.
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Everyone says that bearing needs to be pressed. How did you drive it off and on without damaging it?
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To get the old one off, I put it in a vice and used a punch and hammer, hitting it all around until it came off. Then to put the new one on I used a piece of pipe the same size as the keeper and drove it on by hitting the pipe until i got it where i wanted it