BigM4x4sc
Junior Member
Truck: 2011 1500 CCSB Hemi 4x4 level in the front.
Background, just incase it might be applicable: (I'll try to make this short) About a month ago, for reason nobody has owned up to or agreed on yet, the drivers rear wheel and tire came off my truck. Luckily I was only going about 20-30mph, cause obviously I could tell something was going on. Unluckily it did strike another vehicle coming the other direction. I let the insurance company take care of my repairs, which was at a reputable shop that several people recommended. They replaced the wheel studs, lug nuts, rotor, wheel and tire.
Now: I got the truck back last week, and today was my third trip into work with it. Everything seemed fine, until i got on the interstate. There was a slight vibration as I was getting up to speed, but when I let out of the gas to slow down or just maintain speed the vibration got worse. It would pretty much go away when I would give it enough gas to start accelerating. Once I got off the interstate, I rolled the window down and could hear a kind of clicking or clunking that was speed sensitive. But both the vibration and sound would lessen and almost go away when accelerating. A little about driving it home now.
My first thought was a CV axle going. But after searching around some I'm now worried something else might be going on. I do know the truck was towed to the shop with a wheel lift truck, not a rollback. It was towed from the rear, but the driver did remove the front driveshaft. I checked a few things at lunch, passenger inner CV joint seems a little loose on shaft form the diff. And the front driveshaft will spin with truck off, all wheels on the ground, and in park. I think that's normal, but not sure. Truck is equipped with 4wd Auto.
Just looking for ideas on what might be going on. Thanks in advance.
Background, just incase it might be applicable: (I'll try to make this short) About a month ago, for reason nobody has owned up to or agreed on yet, the drivers rear wheel and tire came off my truck. Luckily I was only going about 20-30mph, cause obviously I could tell something was going on. Unluckily it did strike another vehicle coming the other direction. I let the insurance company take care of my repairs, which was at a reputable shop that several people recommended. They replaced the wheel studs, lug nuts, rotor, wheel and tire.
Now: I got the truck back last week, and today was my third trip into work with it. Everything seemed fine, until i got on the interstate. There was a slight vibration as I was getting up to speed, but when I let out of the gas to slow down or just maintain speed the vibration got worse. It would pretty much go away when I would give it enough gas to start accelerating. Once I got off the interstate, I rolled the window down and could hear a kind of clicking or clunking that was speed sensitive. But both the vibration and sound would lessen and almost go away when accelerating. A little about driving it home now.
My first thought was a CV axle going. But after searching around some I'm now worried something else might be going on. I do know the truck was towed to the shop with a wheel lift truck, not a rollback. It was towed from the rear, but the driver did remove the front driveshaft. I checked a few things at lunch, passenger inner CV joint seems a little loose on shaft form the diff. And the front driveshaft will spin with truck off, all wheels on the ground, and in park. I think that's normal, but not sure. Truck is equipped with 4wd Auto.
Just looking for ideas on what might be going on. Thanks in advance.
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