Ok this is driving me nuts...

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:20 pm

For the past few week I am getting a vibration in/from my front pass side. its only noticeable at highway speeds 65+ so I looked under there and everything "appears" to be squared away. bolts tight etc. So what can it be? I hoping its just an alignment thing. I sure hope there are no hair line cracks or something like that in my UCA, LCA etc.. Any thoughts?

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:23 pm

have ya rotated tires or anything latley?

my front tires were kinda cupped on the inside edge from my jello suspension, it took about 500-800 miles to wear them smooth again

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:24 pm

Standard internet diagnosis question :lol:

:

1. Worse when accelerating?
2. Worse when braking?
3. Does it ever go away?
4. Do you feel it in the seat or the steering wheel?

Right off the bat I would say switchyour front tires and see if the problem stays on the left or follows the tire. If it follows the tire, piece of cake. If it doesn't, take a prybar and start prying on everything to see what's loose

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:30 pm

JeepinJarhead03 wrote:

have ya rotated tires or anything latley?

my front tires were kinda cupped on the inside edge from my jello suspension, it took about 500-800 miles to wear them smooth again

I have had my new meats on for a few days now but it was also doing it before with my MTR and Moab set up

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:34 pm

durangotang wrote:

Standard internet diagnosis question :lol:

:

1. Worse when accelerating?
2. Worse when braking?
3. Does it ever go away?
4. Do you feel it in the seat or the steering wheel?

Right off the bat I would say switch your front tires and see if the problem stays on the left or follows the tire. If it follows the tire, piece of cake. If it doesn't, take a prybar and start prying on everything to see what's loose

its only noticeable while on the freeway, it vibrates so bad that my rear view mirror shakes and cant even see who behind me. no noticeable difference when braking or accelerating. it only goes away or is not noticeable below 65mph. i don't feel it in the seat persay but slightly in the steering wheel yes. But IO can feel its coming from front pass side.

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:41 pm

0311_DoC wrote:

durangotang wrote:

Standard internet diagnosis question :lol:

:

1. Worse when accelerating?
2. Worse when braking?
3. Does it ever go away?
4. Do you feel it in the seat or the steering wheel?

Right off the bat I would say switch your front tires and see if the problem stays on the left or follows the tire. If it follows the tire, piece of cake. If it doesn't, take a prybar and start prying on everything to see what's loose

its only noticeable while on the freeway, it vibrates so bad that my rear view mirror shakes and cant even see who behind me. no noticeable difference when braking or accelerating. it only goes away or is not noticeable below 65mph. i don't feel it in the seat persay but slightly in the steering wheel yes. But IO can feel its coming from front pass side.

What's the mileage on your CV's?
I got $5 on the CV's or halfshaft being bad...

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:43 pm

03CDKJ wrote:

0311_DoC wrote:

durangotang wrote:

Standard internet diagnosis question :lol:

:

1. Worse when accelerating?
2. Worse when braking?
3. Does it ever go away?
4. Do you feel it in the seat or the steering wheel?

Right off the bat I would say switch your front tires and see if the problem stays on the left or follows the tire. If it follows the tire, piece of cake. If it doesn't, take a prybar and start prying on everything to see what's loose

its only noticeable while on the freeway, it vibrates so bad that my rear view mirror shakes and cant even see who behind me. no noticeable difference when braking or accelerating. it only goes away or is not noticeable below 65mph. i don't feel it in the seat persay but slightly in the steering wheel yes. But IO can feel its coming from front pass side.

What's the mileage on your CV's?
I got $5 on the CV's or halfshaft being bad...

GREAT !!!

i am creeping up on 42K they are the OEM's

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:48 pm

Hmmm... try putting it in 4hi and do some parking lot turns and see if it feels funny.

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:50 pm

durangotang wrote:

Hmmm... try putting it in 4hi and do some parking lot turns and see if it feels funny.

ok feels funny how, what am i looking or feeling for?

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:54 pm

If it is the CV shaft you might get some grinding, clunking, or some other riff-raff going on up there when it's near full lock one way or the other.

Did you check your L hand rod end for play by the rack?

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:57 pm

durangotang wrote:

If it is the CV shaft you might get some grinding, clunking, or some other riff-raff going on up there when it's near full lock one way or the other.

Did you check your L hand rod end for play by the rack?

no i haven't checked the rod end. to be honest i wouldn't even know what i was looking for. mechanical stuff on cars/trucks not my forte...

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 8:58 pm

Unless you have full time 4x4 I wouldn't do turns in a parking lot... But that's just me... :roll:

Is the Noise "Rotational" like it is faster when the wheels are spinning faster?

Have you been in mud lately?

durangotang · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:05 pm

0311_DoC wrote:

durangotang wrote:

If it is the CV shaft you might get some grinding, clunking, or some other riff-raff going on up there when it's near full lock one way or the other.

Did you check your L hand rod end for play by the rack?

no i haven't checked the rod end. to be honest i wouldn't even know what i was looking for. mechanical stuff on cars/trucks not my forte...

There's an easy way to check this stuff... go underneath there with a prybar or something and start checking things for play. If something seems odd, compare it to the other side to get a better idea if it's normal or not. In general you want to pry them up or down, then push in/pull out, then rotate... that'll give you a good indication...

And 4hi would be just fine for some diagnostic pavement turns... (edit: sorry I was stuck in full sized truck mode.... full time 4x4 not part time 4x4 is fine for the pavement :lol:

)

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:10 pm

03CDKJ wrote:

Unless you have full time 4x4 I wouldn't do turns in a parking lot... But that's just me... :roll:

Is the Noise "Rotational" like it is faster when the wheels are spinning faster?

Have you been in mud lately?

well kinda the vibration gets worse the faster I go .. I usually cruz in the freeway at 75 but it shakes the whole front Left side as i said and my rear view mirror vibrates and and its really hard to see whats behind me etc. but i can feel it definately. at 80 it shakes pretty darn good

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:15 pm

start your Jeep and stay stationary

Rock the steering wheel back and forth and feel/listen for a thud or clunk

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:15 pm

0311_DoC wrote:

03CDKJ wrote:

Unless you have full time 4x4 I wouldn't do turns in a parking lot... But that's just me... :roll:

Is the Noise "Rotational" like it is faster when the wheels are spinning faster?

Have you been in mud lately?

well kinda the vibration gets worse the faster I go .. I usually cruz in the freeway at 75 but it shakes the whole front Left side as i said and my rear view mirror vibrates and and its really hard to see whats behind me etc. but i can feel it definately. at 80 it shakes pretty darn good

I bet it is this little guy... Mine felt the same way... :wink:

If it were me... I'd pull the CV's out... and see how it drives

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:19 pm

I know these are stills and u really cant tell anything by them but everything "looks" good, I will have to get under there and shake and poke and rattle stuff around.

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:26 pm

ThunderbirdJunkie wrote:

start your Jeep and stay stationary

Rock the steering wheel back and forth and feel/listen for a thud or clunk

no issues there, went full lock both ways and no noises other than the steering pump doing its thing when in full lock also rocked it and nothing noticeable

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:41 pm

03CDKJ wrote:

0311_DoC wrote:

03CDKJ wrote:

Unless you have full time 4x4 I wouldn't do turns in a parking lot... But that's just me... :roll:

Is the Noise "Rotational" like it is faster when the wheels are spinning faster?

Have you been in mud lately?

well kinda the vibration gets worse the faster I go .. I usually cruz in the freeway at 75 but it shakes the whole front Left side as i said and my rear view mirror vibrates and and its really hard to see whats behind me etc. but i can feel it definately. at 80 it shakes pretty darn good

I bet it is this little guy... Mine felt the same way... :wink:

If it were me... I'd pull the CV's out... and see how it drives

x2

0311_DoC · **Posted:** Mon Jun 22, 2009 9:50 pm

03CDKJ wrote:

0311_DoC wrote:

03CDKJ wrote:

Unless you have full time 4x4 I wouldn't do turns in a parking lot... But that's just me... :roll:

Is the Noise "Rotational" like it is faster when the wheels are spinning faster?

Have you been in mud lately?

well kinda the vibration gets worse the faster I go .. I usually cruz in the freeway at 75 but it shakes the whole front Left side as i said and my rear view mirror vibrates and and its really hard to see whats behind me etc. but i can feel it definately. at 80 it shakes pretty darn good

I bet it is this little guy... Mine felt the same way... :wink:

If it were me... I'd pull the CV's out... and see how it drives

x2

okay i understand you say to pull out the CV's i have no clue even how to do that or what is needed to do that. im a retard when it comes to mechanical stuff like that. and what exactly is that a pic of? and why would the CV's cause a vibration that I am experiencing

Ok this is driving me nuts...

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