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Old 03-25-2012, 04:42 PM
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I know this has been covered before but I figured I would state my situation and see what I get back on this but my truck shakes at about 65+mph and it's NOT in the steering wheel but the whole truck I have had my tires balanced twice then inspected for problems then also rotated to see if problem would move to the front or steering wheel but it didn't so my tire guy told me to change brakes and rotors so I did that and took it on highway lastnight and same thing shaking at 65+mph and it shakes just like before it comes and goes. So if anyone has any good ideas please let's me know.Thanks
 
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Driveshaft could be out of balance?? Really my only thought
 
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Or bad u-joints? Tire out-of-round?
 
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drive shaft out of balance or bad pinion angle. Maybe u joints, wheel bearings or even carrier bearings.
 
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I had the same problem with my 2002 ram but I live in ND and we get a lot of snow and ice up here. I took it in and the guy told me exactly what yours told you. I left mine in a heated garage over night to see if there was any ice or snow built up around the rotors and brakes and the next day the shaking was out of it. I'm not sure if you guys get a lot of snow or ice but mine stopped right after that.
 
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Yes we get a lot of snow here but this even continues through the summer also so from what everyone saying I'm thinking driveshaft or u joints either way I just want to try and fix it because it's so damn annoying on long drives
 
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I had a similar problem on my 2002 Ram and it was the U-Joints. It took me about an hour to change and a couple hundred cheaper than the shop quoted me and fixed the problem.

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that was going to be my first thing i was going to try so i hope it fixes the problem and thanks everyone for their advice
 
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Check for slack in the u-joints and driveshaft. Maybe even check suspension components for wear. I've heard of some guys having a shaking issue and had to have their tires 'road-force balanced' and it went away.
 
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Thanks for input And i will be changing u joints either this weekend or the fallowing weekend and then I'll let you all know if problem was fixed
 



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