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Vibrations in front end??

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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 05:02 PM
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After rock crawling I have something shaking in my front. I'm really hoping its just a tire balancing issue. The wife can't feel it (as a passenger) but I can feel it in the steering wheel and at 75-80 mph it gets bad. It's a 2012 JKUR automatic 2.5 RK max travel with bilsteins and 37" km2s. Thanks for any input and help
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Old Nov 22, 2012 | 08:44 PM
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By any chance in mud check out the inside of your rims.
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 01:54 AM
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Originally Posted by gunbo75
By any chance in mud check out the inside of your rims.
I checked for that already, that was the first thing I thought of too.
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 04:33 AM
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Check your C/V joints by your front wheels. I had one drop and that gave me a vibration and noise in the front end.
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 05:59 AM
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Did you land hard on your front end at all? Check the u-joints in your front shafts. I'd pull the front driveshaft and drive around the block to see if the vibe is gone or not and go from there. Since it seems like it's speed related its more than likely a moving part that is causing your problem

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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by tattedfire
Did you land hard on your front end at all? Check the u-joints in your front shafts. I'd pull the front driveshaft and drive around the block to see if the vibe is gone or not and go from there. Since it seems like it's speed related its more than likely a moving part that is causing your problem
Yes I did, I'm going to check that out. Thanks
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 11:27 AM
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I know this has already been said- mud inside of the the wheels. Sounds like a similar problem I had. Just about took the whole front end apart searching for the problem, and I had already "cleared" the wheels. Turns out out though that it only takes a small amount of mud to cause major vibrations. Double check!
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Old Nov 23, 2012 | 03:21 PM
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Did you check your ball joints?
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Old Nov 24, 2012 | 01:50 AM
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I triple checked for mud, that's not it, as far as my ball joints and cv joints go as far as a just looking at them I'm not sure how to tell if something is wrong with them or not. They look ok to me. I'm taking it to my buddies shop to drop the front driveshaft. If that's it I will just put the stock back on for now.
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Old Nov 25, 2012 | 07:42 AM
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If you aired down, it may simply be that you spun a tire on the rim, which would affect your balance. It happens a lot on the rocks here in AZ. Good luck.
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