I did throw on the winters. The reason I didn't swap front to rear is
the rears are slightly taller. I had 275/55/17 on all four until I put
in the Hotchkis drop. The front tires rubbed at the limits of the
suspension so I switched to 255/50/17 on the front.
I'll take the 275/55/17's over to the dealer and if they really, really
feel that it's the front tires, they can mount the old tires and we'll see.
Rob S.
Pindell, Tim P wrote:
> 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
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
>> [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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