So this week, I've been in my ol lady's truck for work. We've battled a front end issue for 276k miles now with this truck, it's ate driver side front tires and lower ball joints forever. Also, we've had to replace track bar bracket hardware twice, and will be a 3rd time now here in a week or so when I find someone who can get me the hardware, or a more definitive fix for the hardware loosening up every 60-100k miles.
Today, I couldn't handle the light wobble anymore and figured I'd hit up a shop local to where I'm at and get all of the tires balance checked and rebalanced if necessary. The two fronts needed rebalanced. Now, the light wobble that took place right around 35mph is almost a death wobble at 40-45 mph, but if you hit it hard enough you can drive right through it with little notice to the shudder, if that makes any sense. 50 mph + everything is smooth as glass.
The truck has had a lift under it forever, but the issue of going through left lower ball joints and cupping the hell out of the left front tire has been present whether it's had big or little tires, mt's or at's under it. Even before the lift, made no difference, ever.
I'm fairly certain that the main source of my wobble is in my track bar bracket, but what is the underlying cause of the hardware issue? I don't remember what they were torqued to last time, effing tight is all I recall. Also, what would be the cause of the continuous left side tire and ball joint issue? Tired of just living with the problem, and throwing a tire and ball joint at it as needed. I'll axle swap the pig with a coil sprung unit before I continue to throw tires, BJ's and track bar hardware at it anymore. Just put a brand new engine and transmission in this truck 32k miles ago, so it's not going anywhere no time soon.
Preciate you guys that read my books and come back with good info!
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Today, I couldn't handle the light wobble anymore and figured I'd hit up a shop local to where I'm at and get all of the tires balance checked and rebalanced if necessary. The two fronts needed rebalanced. Now, the light wobble that took place right around 35mph is almost a death wobble at 40-45 mph, but if you hit it hard enough you can drive right through it with little notice to the shudder, if that makes any sense. 50 mph + everything is smooth as glass.
The truck has had a lift under it forever, but the issue of going through left lower ball joints and cupping the hell out of the left front tire has been present whether it's had big or little tires, mt's or at's under it. Even before the lift, made no difference, ever.
I'm fairly certain that the main source of my wobble is in my track bar bracket, but what is the underlying cause of the hardware issue? I don't remember what they were torqued to last time, effing tight is all I recall. Also, what would be the cause of the continuous left side tire and ball joint issue? Tired of just living with the problem, and throwing a tire and ball joint at it as needed. I'll axle swap the pig with a coil sprung unit before I continue to throw tires, BJ's and track bar hardware at it anymore. Just put a brand new engine and transmission in this truck 32k miles ago, so it's not going anywhere no time soon.
Preciate you guys that read my books and come back with good info!
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