Seat/Center Console Vibrations

[corneileous]

You usually have to ask to have them road force balanced. Also a road force balancer will not flag bad/bent wheels.

Hmm. Well, I’m still kinda reluctant to spend the money on that if you said that didn’t correct your vibration.

But how else would you figure out if a wheel is bad?


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[corneileous]

I did find an interesting video that I might try this weekend that’s supposed to help identify a bad wheel. I guess I could. I don’t know why, I don’t think I’ve ever hit any bad enough potholes to cause that kind of damage and so far I’ve yet to curb any of my wheels. I dunno though, the roads where I live aren’t worth a flip.


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[CFall314]

1. Have the truck blocked up and check the wheels for lateral runout and a bent condition. These will often not get caught by checking balance. If you find a wheel not running true, swap it with another to see if it’s the wheel or a truck component- axle, hub, etc.

2. Make sure the shop doing the balancing uses a pin plate to mount the wheel while balancing. That centers the wheel the way it will center on the lug studs, and not on the center borehole.

I had to have two of the wheels on my Laramie straightened by an aftermarket wheel shop, when the truck was new. My shake has returned and I have a third wheel that will get straightened when I mount new Michelin’s this month. And no, I don’t hit curbs, park stops, or chuckholes. All the wheels on my truck ran out of true when new, and I’ve only straightened enough of them as needed to reduce or eliminate my console shake at the time. It’s enough to make me look at aftermarket wheels...

best,
DG

This is a great question as a whole. Those that have had the vibration issue, how many of you have gone to an aftermarket wheel, and has the vibration gone away? If so, did you stay with the stock size or not?

 

[CFall314]

Reading some of the above and experiencing the EXACT same thing. I just had Nitto Terra Grappler G2’s installed and the vibration is horrible.
I will take the truck in the have them road force balanced to see what kind of difference that makes.

Interesting comment that someone above made about going with aftermarket wheels. I’d be curious to see how many others have gone to an aftermarket wheel (same size as stock or not) and if that solved the issue(s).

I also read in another forum where someone had mentioned something about leveling kits / lifts and changing the angle of the rear end ... and then having differential shims installed ... the theory being that angle is enough to cause vibrations at highway speeds. Again, just a theory.

I’d be most interested in those that have went to an aftermarket wheel with a slightly larger tire over stock?