Heavy Shake and Vibration plus 55+ on Freeway

davidc21a · 11-07-2009, 08:34 AM

Hi guys, wanted to know if anybody could offer some knowledge on this issue. I have 02 Prerunner with the 6" Fabtech setup. When i bought the truck with this setup, it ran fine. Now after a couple of months, whenever i drive it on the freeway or streets i get very hard and bad shake (like i'm on a rollercoaster) with heavy vibration when going 55+ mph. I went ahead and swapped the front struts and coils with a some radflo 2.0 coilovers and it didn't help with this issue. Can anybody offer and ideas? I took it to the dealer and they weren't any help at all, they said the culprit was the my 33" wheels..

NAYLOR · 11-07-2009, 11:45 AM

33" wheels? Have you checked if you tires are balanced? Alignment?

davidc21a · 11-07-2009, 12:20 PM

naylor, thanks for the feedback. That's the first thing i'm going to check on monday

foxgtr16 · 11-08-2009, 07:48 PM

check out the u joint. mine had some real bad vibration problem and it was eating up the wheel bearings also. once i got i replaced its been fine.

hrtbrk1 · 11-08-2009, 10:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by foxgtr16

check out the u joint. mine had some real bad vibration problem and it was eating up the wheel bearings also. once i got i replaced its been fine.

x2 my guess is wheel bearings

obz · 11-09-2009, 01:20 AM

start w/ the cheapest, wheel balance or alignment, or u joint or wheel bearing. had the same problem and turned out the two front tires were like 2 oz out of balance, every things been great since, going on 3500 mi. since wheel balancing.

11-07-2009, 08:34 AM	#1
davidc21a Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5	Heavy Shake and Vibration plus 55+ on Freeway Hi guys, wanted to know if anybody could offer some knowledge on this issue. I have 02 Prerunner with the 6" Fabtech setup. When i bought the truck with this setup, it ran fine. Now after a couple of months, whenever i drive it on the freeway or streets i get very hard and bad shake (like i'm on a rollercoaster) with heavy vibration when going 55+ mph. I went ahead and swapped the front struts and coils with a some radflo 2.0 coilovers and it didn't help with this issue. Can anybody offer and ideas? I took it to the dealer and they weren't any help at all, they said the culprit was the my 33" wheels..

11-07-2009, 11:45 AM	#2
NAYLOR Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: smtx Posts: 29	33" wheels? Have you checked if you tires are balanced? Alignment? __________________ 2003 Tacoma - Supercharger - URD mods - Icons

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11-07-2009, 12:20 PM	#3
davidc21a Newbie Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 5	naylor, thanks for the feedback. That's the first thing i'm going to check on monday

11-08-2009, 07:48 PM	#4
foxgtr16 Newbie Join Date: May 2006 Location: North Carolina Posts: 22	check out the u joint. mine had some real bad vibration problem and it was eating up the wheel bearings also. once i got i replaced its been fine.

11-09-2009, 01:20 AM	#6
obz Newbie Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: HaWaii Posts: 4	start w/ the cheapest, wheel balance or alignment, or u joint or wheel bearing. had the same problem and turned out the two front tires were like 2 oz out of balance, every things been great since, going on 3500 mi. since wheel balancing.