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Old 09-20-2018, 12:39 PM
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I just got a 2008 RAM 1500 4X4 with the 5.7 HEMI. It has around 100K on it. I can feel a constant low vibration and I can hear it while driving and it seems not to change with speed but it is never very bad. It gets much more noticeable at 40MPH and 80 MPH when I let off the accelerator and especially when I turn the truck left while at speed even a little it gets very noticeable. I can also feel it in my gas pedal and my floorboard. I just put new tires on and it made NO change at all.
 
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Feel it thru the seat, or the steering wheel?
 
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Alignment, driveshaft, u-joints, bent wheel...the possibilities are endless.
 
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Alignment, driveshaft, u-joints, bent wheel...the possibilities are endless.
I do not feel anything in the steering wheel and I do not feel it in my seat. it is a very small vibration. just had the wheels check when I got new tires, all were good.
 
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not in the steering wheel or in the seat.
 
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The fact that you feel it more when turning could indicate a front cv joint
 



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