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by roadpup2 on August 1st, 2008
Check universal joints and carrier bearing on your driveshaft.
by Tobyman on September 24th, 2008
Your u-joints may be wearing out. Have that vehicle been involved in a wreck or fender bender?
by ethicalbro on August 1st, 2008
make certain your steering box is secured to frame.
by jaygee on November 9th, 2009
If your tires are oversized as in most SUv's you may need a steering damper added to your steering linkage.
by bobdog on January 13th, 2009
if your truck has a steering stabilizer - check to see that it is working and that the bushings connecting it to the steering linkage are in good shape.
by Zieggy on October 5th, 2008
All of the above are good, but - are the wheels them selves bent? they can still be balanced, if the operator is an idiot - and many are. But they will run out of true - and shake the truck.
by Corgingus on September 25th, 2008
Check your engine mounts, could be loose.
by Aeromender on July 19th, 2009
I've owned a '98 Ranger 3 ltr automatic xtra cab since it was new. It started a subtle shake around 45k miles and slowly got worse, especially after rotating the tires. It now has 120,000 miles. I have put new tires, rims, shocks, rotors, balanced drive shaft, road force tested, swapped tires around, jacked up rear end and spun tires to 60mph,(no shake), pulled my Drive shaft and was towed down the road at 65mph with engine off, (no shake), replaced all plugs and wires, tranny fluid, flushed rack and pinion, replaced lower ball joints, etc. The truck still shakes. Nobody has been able to help. Now I just live with it. Anybody out there have any bright ideas?
by Anonymous on July 21st, 2009
have you had the drive shaft balanced
by Steadfast1984 on May 10th, 2009
maybe your tires have slipped belts and are unable to be balanced properly. they would appear balanced on a balancing machine, but as soon as you apply pressure from the weight of the truck, they wobble like crazy.
by jw1976 on February 27th, 2009
take you tires of and get them road force checked on a balancer. i think you only got them spin balanced.
by jw1976 on February 27th, 2009
is your lugnuts tight? tire pressures set right?
by wagonguy on August 2nd, 2009
Look at the steering stabilizer. If it is leaking oil, thats the problem. Without a perfect stabilizer, some trucks are impossible to control wheel shimmy. It can become very violent, often refered to as death wobble.
by Anonymous on November 23rd, 2009
check sway bar
by GloriaHernandez52 on November 23rd, 2009
Still jumping? OMG
by lonewolf4101972 on February 25th, 2009
it maybe your stablers bar it go to your a-arms
by dont_wobble on November 14th, 2009
does the steering wheel shake while braking and do the tyres wear on the inside? if so its probably caused by toe out, get a wheel alignment
by Torby on October 16th, 2009
Sounds like the belts in your tire have shifted. The repair is to replace tires.
by Anonymous on August 10th, 2009
i think it might be your suspension or you are all out of elignment is out
by CaptRon on February 18th, 2009
sounds like your talking about front end problems. Like if you try to correct it will start shaking, or maybe if you hit a bump. If that is the case, check steering components including steering gear box, and believe it or not your shocks. If your shocks are so worn they are completely useless and allow the springs to work freely. I have had this experience.
by Moogie on September 25th, 2008
Could the drive shaft be causing it?
by qwerty on September 29th, 2008
define shaking. if you hit a bump and set off the shaking and it stops after you may need a center link or ideler arm. and did you check the wheel bearing. I'm assuming from your lack of model info that this is a 4x4 if you have large tires (30's or larger) you will kill your wheel bearing in half the normal time
by piston247 on November 2nd, 2008
check lug nuts , pretty common problem with the fast paced underpaid and underskilled shops these days
by Floater on August 2nd, 2008
There are special u-joints on a 4 x 4. If one of them is off, your truck will shake like it is unbalanced.
by Kw Hudd-Vets-superquack on August 2nd, 2008
Look at your U clamps on your leaf springs. One may be loose or a rubber bushing on newer models may be worn or gone.
by Moosemose on August 3rd, 2008
Would U care to tell Us what it is Ur working on??? How about "Bushings in an "A Frame Design" like Chevy or "Bushings" in the "I Beam Design" of Ford??? Then too it would be helpful if U could tell Us how this happened, over 6 months or all of a sudden after U hit a cow??? I mean, it is in Ur Best Interest, not ours! John
by Suspension tech on August 16th, 2008
loose wheel bearing and or colaspe lines and restriction in steering hoses.
by BulldoG37 on August 27th, 2008
My suggestion is to check the universal joints and hub assembley.
by woggy on November 3rd, 2008
Telling us what model/year your truck is would have been helpful.
There are lots of answers already given that are plausible.
If your truck is of the 1994 and up Dodge Ram 4x4 variety, there are all sorts of bushings and linkages that connect the front axle to the chassis.
The most troublesome one is known as the "track bar" that stabilizes the truck from side to side motion.
So scary is the failure of the ball joints on each end of the track bar that the resulting motion has become known as the "death wobble".
by jamesm on November 25th, 2008
it can be one of many things...how old are your tires?? tread seperating can cause this to.. a carrier bearing on the drive line will cause it. sticking break calipers.. wheel bearings in front..
by big country on January 29th, 2009
could be a broken push rod i mean you have to give more info
by Heyitsryanb on January 29th, 2009
if it is side to side, you likely have worn out tierod ends or worn out steering knuckles.but knowing what vehicle you have would help alot.
by PROHOOKER on January 30th, 2009
LOT'S OF GOOD REPLYS HERE BUT YOU REALLY NEED TO GIVE MORE INFO. Is it a violent shake , or a mine shake ? Is it more like a wobble? Or more like a vibration? All different symptoms ,all different causes. just trying to help. be safe!!
by Chris_wallace on January 23rd, 2009
http://www.youcarz.com/garage.aspx
Just type in your postal code and select the services you need.
You'll get a list of the closest repair shops to your house.
by Rebelheart on January 22nd, 2009
Too many different things can cause this problem but the consquence of some of these problems are too serious to take a wait and see approach. Get a professional mechanic to find the problem, even if you go home and fix it yourself. You are going to kill yourself, which of course is your call, but you might take someone else with you.
by Anonymous on December 27th, 2008
Check your tie rod ends.
Tracking bar.
Sway bars.
by Loomis on December 31st, 2008
U-Joints, Tires out of round, a Rim may be bent, and one thing that would be a pain to check but the pilot bushing maybe out of round. This caused me huge problems once. Good luck...
by danklmn63 on January 8th, 2009
i had that same problem then one day i was luckly in a parking lot and i finally had no steering at all . here i found out that all my bolts in my steering box were broke . i replaced them with grade 8 bolts it wasnt to hard it was pretty simple and i havent had that problem ever since
by johnnycrash on August 3rd, 2008
May be a broken belt in your tires. Check for bulges on the face of the tires.
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it maybe your sabler bar that go to your a-arms that help your truck from shaking side to side i have been doing this for 21 yrs i hope these help you out
by lonewolf4101972 on February 25th, 2009