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Old 05-05-2011, 07:40 AM
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Constant shaking of the steering wheel right around 50 mph?
speed up or slow down 5mph and it stops
35" tires
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39000k miles

not sure if a tire is out of balance or posibly ball joints, everything else seem tight.

What do you think?
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Mine was shaking pretty bad as well, rotated the tires and poof... Mine was around 60 + mph....
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Originally Posted by storch
Constant shaking of the steering wheel right around 50 mph?
speed up or slow down 5mph and it stops
35" tires
3.5 lift
High steer kit
Jks track bar.
beilstien steer stablizer
39000k miles

not sure if a tire is out of balance or posibly ball joints, everything else seem tight.

What do you think?
I just went through this. The tires needed to be balanced. I hope thats it and not something else!
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Originally Posted by ChopN
I just went through this. The tires needed to be balanced. I hope thats it and not something else!
Yep, I've had this happen a few times and tire balance is the culprit. FYI dried mud on your wheel can throw off your balance.
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Old 05-05-2011, 08:25 AM
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A rebalance would be the best case senario, I will get that done first and hope the issue is long gone.

thanks everyone for your input.
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