New here. 07 State Patrol Tahoe 2wd

i luv transport wheels
i had to get one for a spare to fit my brake kit.

i know a few guys that use them on older trucks & they have no issues.
some painted & added pin stripes for something different.

dreww2001 said:

Think its normal with these cars. Ive heard of it and mine does it around 75+

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I've had mine up to 130...nothing scary happening. I was just more worried about uneven tire wear or drive train wear.

dreww2001 said:

Think its normal with these cars. Ive heard of it and mine does it around 75+

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That shake at 75-80 mph will be drive line, it clears up past 80 but doesn't go away. Usually a u-joint that is bad or going bad. Issues with the slip yoke seems common-ish also. If you throw a weight off of the drive shaft, or if some goober doesn't put everything back in the same orientation when they change the u-joints, you may get it also.

U-joints can be checked by engaging the parking break and blocking the wheels so they wont roll. Then place the transmission in neutral. Climb under and try to rotate the drive shaft back and forth. If the u-joints are good, you wont get any motion. If one or both are bad, it should be easy to see which.

FatboyCustoms said:

Hey everyone,

So I just purchased an 07 Tahoe. It has the police package ( leather back seat, fluffy front seats, no console, vinyl floors ect.) my questions are as follow...

I want to purchase a leather front seat with the built in console ( makes the bench ) will a regular seat from say a wrecked 07 fit in here with no issues?

Putting 22 inch transport wheels on it this week. Anyone ever ran transport steelies before? Pros/ cons?

Is there anything anyone has ran into with these vehicles that maybe I need a heads up on?

Thanks in advance.

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Unless they found a set of leather rear seats to throw in the truck, those seats are vinyl from the factory. If you are talking about the 07+ front 'jump seat', yes, it'll go in. Otherwise, I believe the front driver and passenger seats are buckets, with a center console, or jump seat.

Thank you!

Jason_S said:

That shake at 75-80 mph will be drive line, it clears up past 80 but doesn't go away. Usually a u-joint that is bad or going bad. Issues with the slip yoke seems common-ish also. If you throw a weight off of the drive shaft, or if some goober doesn't put everything back in the same orientation when they change the u-joints, you may get it also.

U-joints can be checked by engaging the parking break and blocking the wheels so they wont roll. Then place the transmission in neutral. Climb under and try to rotate the drive shaft back and forth. If the u-joints are good, you wont get any motion. If one or both are bad, it should be easy to see which.

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04BUCKET said:

You having any chassis vibration at 70+mph? I have an 08 w/166k and handles great...but at that speed it starts to shake a bit...not dangerous amount...but enough to wonder what may be causing it.

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Check your u-joints for play, as someone else mentioned, but also have your wheels rebalanced. Mine shook above 75, turned out to be bad balancing. Now it's good til 90, then starts to shake a bit.

MichaelSE said:

Check your u-joints for play, as someone else mentioned, but also have your wheels rebalanced. Mine shook above 75, turned out to be bad balancing. Now it's good til 90, then starts to shake a bit.

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I put new joints in as second attempt . ..was still there...balanced tires first attempt...still there...going to do a road force balance this time.

Another PPV owner said structs/shocks are the reason. He is replacing them Bilestien 4600...waiting to hear from him to see what the outcome is.

Tire balance issues will be seen at a different speed range. ~60 IIRC. Not sure that I would accept shocks/struts as a valid explanation for vibration at a certain speed range either. A better set of shocks/struts may do a better job of covering up/minimizing the vibration. Sort of like a steering stabilizer "preventing" death wobble on a solid front axle.