Has anyone suggested rotating the front tires to the back to see if the
vibration follows? I've had an experience with a tread separation
wherein the tire would balance and pass a quick visual, but the tread,
being out-of-round, caused a vibration under load. Other than my
long-shot, I think Rick, to me, has a good idea with the dampers. I've
been there with that one too, but not on the Dak. I would think that a
problem with the suspension soft parts would cause very evident
alignment issues, but I'm no expert. <shrug>
Tim
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>[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of
>Robert Schultz
>Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2006 6:46 PM
>To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
>Subject: Re: DML: RE: Help needed to find vibration
>
>
>Checked that and didn't find any obvious problems.
>
>Had considered the rack, but there's no real way for me to
>tell other than looking for obvious signs of play.
>
>Rob
>
>Hop * wrote:
>>
>> I'd say the alignment is still off.
>> Sound to me like it's toed in.
>> Have you jacked the front end off the ground and wiggled the tires
>> side to side and up and down?
>> You might have a bad wheel bearing.
>> Also try jacking up one tire and try to wiggle the one tire
>off the ground.
>> If the tierod ends are bad you can tell that way. I forget
>which year
>> they went to rack and pinon you migh have slop in the rack. Does the
>> truck feel tight when you turn the steering wheel back and forth?
>> --Hop
>>
>>
>>> From: Robert Schultz <not_robert_schultz@yahoo.com>
>>
>>> I was beginning to wonder about whether it was or maybe the control
>>> arm bushings. The shocks are Bilstein, new last year.
>>>
>>> I did have a 'stupid' moment when I installed them. I blame
>the heat.
>>> I somehow put the bottom washer on top of the bushing, so the was
>>> play in the mount. Drove a few days before the clunking
>alerted me to
>>> the problem. I suppose it's possible this caused a problem
>in the shock.
>>>
>>> Rob S
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