Tire vibration or near death wobble
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Tire vibration or near death wobble
I have gone through and replaced or upgraded quite a few of my suspension parts but I am beginnig to beleive the only way to resolve my annoying tire vibration is to replace with a load range E?
My pickup is a 2007 5.9l that is a 4dr quadcab 3500 srw. The tires are a BFG LT315/70 R17. They are my 2nd set. I 1st noticed the problem when I 1st put these tires on. I related it to difficulty in balancing the tires. Although, I did end up replacing from Carli the trackbar, adjustable endlinks and their upper and lower balljoints. I even got a DSS steering stabilizer and a Borgman steering shaft. Still the vibration remained. I also ended up purchasing King 2.5 shocks with bumpstops from Thuren Fabrication. The ride improved tremendously and no longer bottom out on the shocks anymore. I also have a King 2.5 steering stabilizer. Lastly, I am using Concentric wheel balancers. Still, I have this front end vibration with the tires that happens between 55 and 70. Usually, the vibration is intermittant and somewhat depends on the smoothness of the road. A good freshly poured asphalt road-no vibration. Get on one that has bumps or irregularity and the vribration is present and then smoothes out when the road smoothes out.
I would be very appreciative if anyone thinks they have a suggestion that can make this disappear. I am wondering if its actually these tires being they are a load range D?
My pickup is a 2007 5.9l that is a 4dr quadcab 3500 srw. The tires are a BFG LT315/70 R17. They are my 2nd set. I 1st noticed the problem when I 1st put these tires on. I related it to difficulty in balancing the tires. Although, I did end up replacing from Carli the trackbar, adjustable endlinks and their upper and lower balljoints. I even got a DSS steering stabilizer and a Borgman steering shaft. Still the vibration remained. I also ended up purchasing King 2.5 shocks with bumpstops from Thuren Fabrication. The ride improved tremendously and no longer bottom out on the shocks anymore. I also have a King 2.5 steering stabilizer. Lastly, I am using Concentric wheel balancers. Still, I have this front end vibration with the tires that happens between 55 and 70. Usually, the vibration is intermittant and somewhat depends on the smoothness of the road. A good freshly poured asphalt road-no vibration. Get on one that has bumps or irregularity and the vribration is present and then smoothes out when the road smoothes out.
I would be very appreciative if anyone thinks they have a suggestion that can make this disappear. I am wondering if its actually these tires being they are a load range D?
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No, there hasn't been any cupping or any unusal wear on the tires. I rotate them usually about every 4000 miles. I had the alignment done about 2 months ago and it still runs straight. It actually began with the 1st set of these tires. I thought I was able to upgrade some components to get rid of or compensate for the situation.
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Your load range has absolutly nothing to do with a vibration, I would suggest that you try having them balanced somewhere else, might be a problem with equipment or personell. The last set I bought I had balanced at a Firestone store they had the newest machine out as far as balancing, I think it was called Road force or somthing like that, it was supposed to simulate the tire being on a vehicle going down the road.
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Ok, I'll give it a try. I did get a suggestion from a store that didn't have the type but did recommend a tire balancer describing what you suggested. I thought it had a brand name called Hunter. The situation occurs between 55 and 70 mph. At times, its intermittant. If I'm on a brand new fresh paved road, I hardely ever notice it.
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