Merc225hp
Senior Member
I wish you the best of luck and hope it helps you with your problem. I also hope you don't have to pay a mech to help you hunt this down, not many no it but I had my truck in the shop a few times and no one could find the problem. I was also ready to sell it a few times but no one would buy it the way it was driving, so I just hit part after part. What I thought and many other ideas were never right in direction were way off, what seemed right was not.
I have reintroduced this vibe twice this summer, once when I put the 60's under it, and then going down to a 8.5 wide rim from a 10" wide rim. The 10" wide rim had helped with my vibe earlier but was also a upgrade, kill two birds with one stone kinda thing.
Here is a partial older list as to what I changed out for parts. I did my best to change out parts one at a time or in sets trying to pin-point just what the cause was. Only to find out it was not mech related.
Four new ball joints x6
Four new tires (sets) x5
Four new rims (sets) x3
New tranny mount
New motor mounts
Motor mount inserts
New calipers x6
New pads x6
New tie rod ends x6
New brake rotors x4
New track bar x4
New pitman arm
New draglink
New rear wheel bearings and seals
New u joints in the front axel
Rebuilt front driveshaft
New rear drive shaft u joints
New unit bearings both sides (once a year)
New rear brake drums and shoes x2
New rear brake cyld
New pinion bearings
New carrier bearings
New Dl front and rear
New 4.56 gears
New rear axles
Rebuilt transfer case
New motor x2
Re man trany
Multiple types of sparkplugs, wire leads, caps and rotors
New fuel injectors
New CKPS x2
New Cam sensor x2
New AIT
New AIC
New Map
New temp sender (gauge)
New temp sensor (PCM)
New tps
New 02 sensors (a few brands tried)
New fuel pumps (four and working on five)
New upper and lower control arms
New leaf-spring bushings
New leaf springs
New water pumps
New alts
New coil-spring x3
I have reintroduced this vibe twice this summer, once when I put the 60's under it, and then going down to a 8.5 wide rim from a 10" wide rim. The 10" wide rim had helped with my vibe earlier but was also a upgrade, kill two birds with one stone kinda thing.
Here is a partial older list as to what I changed out for parts. I did my best to change out parts one at a time or in sets trying to pin-point just what the cause was. Only to find out it was not mech related.
Four new ball joints x6
Four new tires (sets) x5
Four new rims (sets) x3
New tranny mount
New motor mounts
Motor mount inserts
New calipers x6
New pads x6
New tie rod ends x6
New brake rotors x4
New track bar x4
New pitman arm
New draglink
New rear wheel bearings and seals
New u joints in the front axel
Rebuilt front driveshaft
New rear drive shaft u joints
New unit bearings both sides (once a year)
New rear brake drums and shoes x2
New rear brake cyld
New pinion bearings
New carrier bearings
New Dl front and rear
New 4.56 gears
New rear axles
Rebuilt transfer case
New motor x2
Re man trany
Multiple types of sparkplugs, wire leads, caps and rotors
New fuel injectors
New CKPS x2
New Cam sensor x2
New AIT
New AIC
New Map
New temp sender (gauge)
New temp sensor (PCM)
New tps
New 02 sensors (a few brands tried)
New fuel pumps (four and working on five)
New upper and lower control arms
New leaf-spring bushings
New leaf springs
New water pumps
New alts
New coil-spring x3
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