Vibration issues with less wheel backspacing?

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Dec 13, 2010 | 12:20 PM
  #1  
Anyone having issues with vibration attributed to less wheel backspacing?
Rebalanced tires twice.
Rotated them around.
Wheel backspacing is 4.5".
I'm trying to see how much of the wobble I can attribute to mud terrains and/or poor wheel balancing.
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Dec 13, 2010 | 12:24 PM
  #2  
Did you also have the truck aligned?
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Dec 13, 2010 | 12:28 PM
  #3  
Twice. Once when the leveling kit went on and once when the new tires went on.
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Dec 13, 2010 | 12:30 PM
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Any lift?
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Dec 13, 2010 | 12:37 PM
  #5  
Quote: Twice. Once when the leveling kit went on and once when the new tires went on.
Lift/Leveling kit. Daystar. Just the coil spacers. I also run firestone airbags on the back for towing my buggy.
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Dec 13, 2010 | 01:29 PM
  #6  
Wheels are lug centric as well.
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Dec 13, 2010 | 08:56 PM
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How's the pinion angle look? I wouldn't think a leveling kit would cause driveline vibes, but did you put the lift and new tires on at the same time?
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Dec 14, 2010 | 01:02 PM
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Quote: Wheels are lug centric as well.
That might be your problem. I remember reading somewhere about the stock wheels being hub centric.
https://dodgeforum.com/forum/4th-gen...shimmys-2.html

--Hop
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Dec 14, 2010 | 01:14 PM
  #9  
Pinion angle is fine. Lift went on and it was aligned. Tires went on and it was aligned again.

The stock wheels are definiately hub centric. Though I can't really see a reason why the studs would not locate the wheel properly. I always thought that hub centric was really just for safe load capacity.

Some rims come with cetering rings that make the rims lug centric.
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Dec 14, 2010 | 01:40 PM
  #10  
Hub centric rings made a noticable improvement with my wheels. I got them off eBay for $8 shipped.
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