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| Author: | Mykol [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:50 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Vibration at High Speed |
The other day I went to pass a couple of slower vehicles and at around 85 or so, I felt minor vibration. Any ideas?? Thanks |
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| Author: | Sir Sam [ Sat Apr 19, 2008 10:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vibration at High Speed |
Mykol wrote: The other day I went to pass a couple of slower vehicles and at around 85 or so, I felt minor vibration. Any ideas?? Thanks
How long since you had your tires rotated and balanced? |
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| Author: | litton [ Sun Apr 20, 2008 9:18 am ] |
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Also tire related....Do you still have the OEM tires? In AZ, we cruise at 85 and mine did that until I put on the Coopers. |
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| Author: | jinstall [ Sun Apr 20, 2008 2:51 pm ] |
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Driveshaft. Mine does it at 90-98 mph very irritating. |
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| Author: | kelticknight [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 1:00 pm ] |
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was tires for me,changed to goodrich,havent had since also can be balance or alignment of from tyres |
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| Author: | Mykol [ Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:27 pm ] |
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This vibration sure feels to be in the drivetrain. I don't feel it at all in the steering wheel. I replaced the OEM with Michelin LTX M/S about 20k miles ago. I rotate the tires every 2500 miles, but will get them balanced again soon just to rule that out. Jinstall, is your driveshaft unbalanced?? Any others with this problem? |
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| Author: | kelticknight [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:00 am ] |
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did have a problem with shaft last year where was a little vibrate and changed it so you could be right,did you check the joints |
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| Author: | chrispitude [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:01 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Vibration at High Speed |
Mykol wrote: The other day I went to pass a couple of slower vehicles and at around 85 or so, I felt minor vibration. Any ideas?? Thanks
Mykol, Go here: http://www.gsp9700.com/ and find a Hunter GSP9700 road force machine near you. Ask specifically for a road-force balance. It's worth the money, but you may wish to call around and check the prices of road-force balancing. If you still have a vibration you will be absolutely sure it's not the tires. I use this balance on all my vehicles, and will never go back to conventional dynamic balancing again. - Chris |
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| Author: | kelticknight [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 7:03 am ] |
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hunter are good,friend owns one and swears by it |
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| Author: | Desert_Busa [ Wed Apr 23, 2008 10:39 am ] |
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Did you put wheel locks on? This caused a high speed vibration on mine. |
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| Author: | kelticknight [ Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:02 am ] |
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dont know if this helps,probly not when i bought my kj ,it was used,got vibs at speeds over 65,turns out the person before me never drove it above that speed,so gently i increased speed over weeks and dont have no more |
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| Author: | jinstall [ Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:01 pm ] |
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Desert_Busa wrote: Did you put wheel locks on? This caused a high speed vibration on mine.
I noticed this as well with the Jeep (McGuard) locks. Mine is 100% Driveshaft. I cannot find a place here that balances driveshafts. |
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| Author: | scrambledKJ [ Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:12 pm ] |
| Post subject: | vibe |
One of the higher-ups at Daystar rode in my libby the other day and asked about the driveline vibe. Its the front butterflies on the driveshaft. Was kinda embarassing... Travis |
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| Author: | Desert_Busa [ Thu Apr 24, 2008 9:25 pm ] |
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jinstall wrote: Desert_Busa wrote: Did you put wheel locks on? This caused a high speed vibration on mine. I noticed this as well with the Jeep (McGuard) locks. Mine is 100% Driveshaft. I cannot find a place here that balances driveshafts. Try taking the drive shaft off and rolling it on a smooth flat surface. A very slight bend will be noticeable. It is most likely bent and will need a new shaft. If it is true it can be balanced, but you'll need to find a shop that replaces the shaft... they'll have the tools to balance it. There's a place around thomas and grand but I doubt that will be much help... A friend used to work at the following: Precision Drive Lines of AZ 3225 West Osborn Road Phoenix, Arizona 85017 Phone: (602) 269-1355 |
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| Author: | jinstall [ Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:29 pm ] |
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Thanks I will keep looking as I cannot be without the KJ for 3 weeks. |
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