Postby khavel » Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:57 am
OK, so I thought I'd share my experience since I know there's lots of people on here like me, looking to find a similar problem to diagnose and maybe save a little cash, and a whole lot of headache! The last few months I've had a vibration show up over 60 mph. Its not terrible, just anoying, an obviously not normal. So I had one tire that was way worn compared to the others, since I've slacked on getting an alignment. So I just figured i'd deal with it until i could get tires and an alignment. (Also found this forum and did the 'bypass surgery' and confirmed that my ATF and Coolant both looked great) So got a new set of tires yesterday, balanced, and a four wheel alignment. Hit the road ready for a smooth ride, NOT. The vibration is still there. Took it back to the tire place to have them re-balance the fronts. While doing that they told me my right front would'nt balance without using 'excessive weight', told me it looked like some damage to the wheel there in that spot. They tried to sell me a new wheel, but i just told them to drop my spare (which is full size and IDENTICAL to the OEM wheels) and swap out the tires. Took it to the highway, hit 60 mph, SAME VIBRATION! So now Im getting perturbed. I crawled under there to inspect the drive shafts and ujoints, but don't really know what to look for. The only thing I could tell is the rear joint on the front shaft seemed to have SLIGHT play and I could see where a small circular weight was missing on the rear driveshaft. There was one weight with an equally sized circular 'clean' spot on the shaft where a weight probably was. So what should I do next????? (2005 SE OR 4WD 95K)