So this problem started about two months after i bought this truck.
At speeds of 65mph and over my truck starts to shake in the right side. You can feel it really clearly and hard in the passenger seat and in the wheel.
We got the shocks checked out cause it seemed worse after a bump. It helped a lil but its still there. Im about to start driving three and a half hours to school once every two weeks sao id rather get rid of the problem. Any ideas.
Its an 02 Dodge ram 1500 with a 4.7L v8

 

You wouldn't happen to be going to A&M, would you? That time frame is about right to head there. lol

edit: Or you're going to SFA, like your name says. I'm pretty dumb huh?

 

Hahaha good try. Thats where i was originally going but i changed my mind last minute. Too much money and didnt have my degress.

 

Ah, I gotcha. Yeah I used to go there but I moved back home for next year cuz my dad got laid off and it's hard and stuff.

Back on topic, I don't really know much, but are you sure your alignment isn't off? That's what I figured other people would suggest lol

 

Ya i forgot to add that. Truck has three alike wheels and one new one cause one had a nail.
So we had an alignment done after the new wheel was one.
Truck still pulled.
Had all the wheels balanced and rotated. Twice
Trucks still pulls
Alignment is correct.
Truck pulls to the right if your not holding the wheel. nd not a little.

wondered if maybe a brake disc might be warped or something and so its clipping every so often and pulling.

 

Is that one tire that's different on the passenger side?


If it is that's a strange coincidence. Like I said I don't know that much about these trucks yet, but that's where I would start.


Did you get the same tire and it's just newer, or a different tire altogether?

 

Diffrent tire. But its same size just diffrent tread. shouldnt be causing the shake or that much pull

 

Sounds like either mild 'death wobble' or the beginnings of a tread separation. Do you notice a lumpy ride or anything at speeds lower than 65? I've lost 2 tires to tread separations and I would get a bad vibration at highway speeds but just a weird bump in the ride at neighborhood speeds. Check the tires are not out of round for tread sep. and death wobble is usually caster or sway bar bushings I think.

 

My truck used to do that until i got four new tires. One of the tires had slightly warped from sitting for a while in the daily sun.

 

Hate to drag up a dead and year old thread but needed some more advice boys.

Just got 4 new tires on the dodge. Some General Grabber's
Still at 65-70 I get a horrible shake and wobble it eases out around 75-78mph
Anybody have any idea. Its really irritating when im on the highway.
Tires are balanced. Need to go get another alignment done though.