If its pads and rotors it will only shake/vibrate/shudder under braking so its pretty easy to eliminate those parts. This would also primarily be felt through the steering wheel if its the front brakes.

Most of the people who have the permanent vibration problem are seeing it at all times when cruising down the road with no brakes applied. It will feel like it is going through the seat bottom, seat back, floor, dash, console, etc. Real PITA.

 

I was just stating that there is a vibration caused by my brakes but the other one is something different.

 

Weolill tell you what. I haven't used the e brake in about a week, I've towed , hualed,worked my truck, and I've had no vibration problem. So I think I know what it is.

 

Thats a definite fix right there. I threw in the towel on mine, it vibrates but it gets me where I need to go. My tires have been swapped, wheel bearings changed, rear end/brakes inspected, driveshaft swapped.

Next up was to swap the torque converter/trans. I cut the bleeding at that point.

One good thing I can say is the truck has only let me down once. Thats when the OEM battery failed last year.

 

Has anyone here that still has the issue tried replacing their u joints? I know one or two of you said you had them inspected - not sure that is good enough. I am not a mechanic and I do not think I know enough about their field to question their abilities but I had a similiar issue and I checked my u joints - no movement. I mentioned it to my mechanic and he said you can't always tell that way. The best way is to take the driveshaft off and check them.
I decided to just buy the joints $25.00 and replace them. Only when I got the driveshaft off did I notice that one bearing cap was missing all the needles and dryer than a boot. Truck has no vibration now.

 

Thanks for the tip! I will definitely look into this.

 

My vibration has actually gotten significantly worse the last couple of weeks. It is much stronger and does not go away at certain speeds like it used to. Pretty much 65+ is pretty bad. Now it comes through the steering wheel as well as the seat, floor, console, door, etc.

I also seem to be having another misfire issue, the idle is getting rough but has not set a check engine light as of yet. Last time I had a misfire, they had to replace the cylinder head in accordance with a TSB for these engines and burning/dropping valves. Hopefully its not that again.

 

I got new tires installed and my vibration was reduced, but didn't go away. Rebalanced twice and re-torqued the wheels twice and now it is worse. I feel like I am chasing wild goose that doesn't want to be found >

 

man i hate autocorrect on my phone, makes me type like an idiot i haventused the e brake im over a month and ive had NOOOOOOOOO problems, so i know what it is

idk what it is with these trucks.

 

Warped rims maybe? Tire pressure? I have a slow leak in one, and when the pressure gets a few pounds lower than the other tire, it vibrates. Balancing the pressure eliminates it. Just some ideas. My Gen 2 kept bending drivelines. That was fun.