Fors Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 A few months after I got my 22's and lowered my truck I had issues with the truck being too low causing every cv axle on the right side to pop out after the first turn after install. After all that was fixed I noticed my truck would vibrate at around 45mph and 62 mph. At around 45mph it feels more like the transmission stuttering to shift gears, which is the same thing my government vehicle does. At 60 to 62 mph it sometimes vibrates so bad I can litteraly see the bed of my truck shaking in the mirror. While it doesnt do this all the time its was still a nuisance but I left it like this for a while. Yesterday on the way to the dentist I passed a firestone place and on the way out had them balance my rear two wheels which I thought was the problem, he told me one wheel took a lot of weight to balance and he was right....they lined half my wheel with weights, looks like crap. Left out on the high way and now it vibrates more often at 45mph and still at above 60 so Im wondering if this can be caused by something else? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
superredss Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 how much was your truck lowered? If your truck is lowered enough, you may require a shim kit, I believe that's what it is called. The vibration is sometimes caused on lowered trucks because the pinion angle of the drive shaft changes. The shim kit would allow the pinion angle to be corrected some. A lot of the guys here have been through your same problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fors Posted May 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Ahh, I didn't think about that. It's lowered around 4/5. I'm going to put my factory wheels back on to fully eliminate the wheels as a problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmJake Posted May 17, 2012 Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Yea, pinion angle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fors Posted May 17, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 17, 2012 Well I attempted to put my factories back on, got the from driver wheel off and noticed there was alot of play in my wheel hub....so time to replace that tommorow, also my factories seem to have oversized tires on it and wont even fit on my truck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSR Mike Posted May 18, 2012 Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 tire guy should not have slapped a ton of wheight on one side, they should have rotated the tire on the rim to to eliminate having a heavy spot on the rim and tire in the same area. i.e less weight imbalance to correct. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fors Posted May 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2012 Yea its a ridiculous amount of weight......and its the wheel causing the vibration, factories on its a smooth ride. Guess the rim is bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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