Hey....New here, came in search of advise. I have 1996 Ram 2500 and have had very few issues with it. Today is Tuesday. Friday, last week, I had the tires rotated drove home no issues. Done some running around Monday and still no issues until I had to brake very HARD to avoid accident. (I did not leave the paved road, just came to a very quick stop)

A few miles down the same road I had travelled earlier I hit the same bump I hit earlier and the truck shook violently. I stopped, looked and saw no problem. I drove off and did a medium pressure brake test and again the truck shook violently. It does not under light braking and does not shake at any speed.

I took it to the same service center where the tires were rotated and the have called me and said that practically my entire front end needs replacing. I had no issues until the HARD braking incident. Any advise as to what's happening here? Or what I should do first rather than say : "Yep go ahead and replace everything.

 

Go in and ask them to show you what's worn out. If they can't point at a piece and show you that it's loose, ask why they want to replace it.

It's entirely possible that you're due for ball joints and tie rods.

 

Think I would pick it up, and do my own inspection, to include brake linings. When my rears were worn to the rivets, it felt like the truck was going to shake itself apart when I stepped on the pedal even moderately hard.....