Bouncing Tire???? Help!!!
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Bouncing Tire???? Help!!!
I have an 06 Big Horn and I have noticed that when I drive over a bump in the road at highway speeds the front drivers side wheel wants to bounce all over the place. Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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Check the castor alignment. sounds very similar to what these trucks do when they get a leveling kit if not algined properly afterward. (Some call it death wobble). Does it stop or slow down when you slow down? or does it get worse as you keep driving (almost like a harmonic type vibration?) if so then it is your alignment.
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I will still track fairly straight, but the wheel will hop and shake violently, and you will definetly feel it in the stering wheel also. as far as the axel moving, that is just a result of the tires shaking so much. I would get your alignment checked ASAP. and have a much positive castor allowable put in the truck. It helped both of my trucks out and I have never had a problem with that since.
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Well I am going to take it to the dealer today to see what they say. I did the service on sunday and lubed the front tie rod ends and it seams to have gotten worse. I don't know if that would make it worse though???/
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I took it to the dealer last night and they said it was the ball joints and the support shock. They will be fixing it tomarrow. If it keeps up then I will check the allignment.
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same problem here. I've tried to keep the castor correct. I was thinking it was the shock but now I'm going to check the ball joints; at 160k miles they're probably shot.
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I thought the same thing. My truck had DW (bone stock)and I too thought it could only happen as a whole unit meaning the axle. I was driving not really worried about getting DW there were no bumps big enough that BOTH front tires would hit, so I thought I was in the clear until I hit one rather large bump with the rightside and sent the right front wheel into motion.
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