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Old Aug 2, 2017 | 09:18 AM
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I checked out the U Joints and they are all okay. The vehicle is in 2WD. When going around a corner at 10 mph I am noticing that the wheel and body seem to rock a bit. Steady throttle, not moving the steering wheel at all; there is just a little bit of jerking in the steering wheel and the body rocks left and right until the steering wheel is straightened out again. Any more ideas on where I could look? I have had the alignment checked again and it is great. I have also checked all bolts for proper torque requirements. I'm not sure where to go from here. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!
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Old Aug 2, 2017 | 09:48 AM
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Have you tried rotating the tires like bbolander mentioned to see if there is any difference? It's a long shot, but at least free to test.
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Old Aug 2, 2017 | 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by resharp001
Have you tried rotating the tires like bbolander mentioned to see if there is any difference? It's a long shot, but at least free to test.
After putting the lift on I purchased new tires and wheels. The lift, tires and wheels have less than 1000 miles on them at this point.
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Old Aug 2, 2017 | 10:27 AM
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Originally Posted by Gpattersonm
After putting the lift on I purchased new tires and wheels. The lift, tires and wheels have less than 1000 miles on them at this point.
Which tires? Could this possibly just be an adjustment to a new MT tire? A lot of times an MT runs pretty rough at first till they wear in a bit.

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Old Aug 2, 2017 | 10:37 AM
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Originally Posted by resharp001
Which tires? Could this possibly just be an adjustment to a new MT tire? A lot of times an MT runs pretty rough at first till they wear in a bit.

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Just updated. Thanks! I have 35" BFG AT KM2 tires on 18" Helo 878 wheels. I don't get a lot of road noise or anything from the tires. The feedback is really noticeable at low speeds and only when turning. Could it be anything in the steering knuckle area?
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Old Aug 2, 2017 | 10:59 AM
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Originally Posted by Gpattersonm
Just updated. Thanks! I have 35" BFG AT KM2 tires on 18" Helo 878 wheels. I don't get a lot of road noise or anything from the tires. The feedback is really noticeable at low speeds and only when turning. Could it be anything in the steering knuckle area?
Only other thing there at your knuckle is ball joints, and you would be feeling some wonky feedback when hitting bumps if those were bad. Caster is acceptable, bolts are torqued, u-joints are ok, and this seems to be more pronounced the slower you're going. I'm leaning towards this just being some new MT tires that need a few miles on em maybe. You can go through Planman's videos and check all your joints (TR, DL, BJ, and TB), but you'd be experiencing other feedback if you had a bad joint.....and this isn't really that kind of feedback. You'd be getting more bumpsteer, shimmy/wobble type feedback. This just makes me think of a new MT tire turning and having those outter lugs catching pavement at a low speed and feeling it a bit in the steering wheel. The faster you're going the quicker that tire is turning and it's not as pronounced as the transition from one lug to the next is happening at a quicker pace. Maybe I'l just thinking about this wrong
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