vibration at high speeds

[rippinitup]

i get this very noticeable vibration at around 85mph, when i get to 90-95 you can hear and feel it pretty easily. i do understand its a truck lol. just wondering if its normal. my tires are michelin ltx ms2s 265/70/16. is there something wrong? or is it normal? thanks.

 

[ScottyBoy]

Try getting the tires rebalanced. And if you have aftermarket wheels, market sure the small retaining clips are removed from the wheel studs. They are small clips to hold the rotors in place as the truck is assembled. The stock wheels have a small indentation to clear the clips, aftermarket wheels do not.

 

[gdddup]

lol keep it under 80 and youll be good. check the tires for even wear or dry rotting. n like scottyboy said get them re-balanced

 

[rippinitup]

lol i try to keep under 80. have never gotten a speeding ticket yet, just wanted to see if it was normal or not. my tires are have been balanced and aligned. is it possible the balance was not done well? 80mph and below rides so smooth. and even at those high speeds my steering wheel as no play. thanks for the replies guys. and wheels are oem and the tires are a 265/70/16. i wrote 260 is the first post. let me edit that.

 

[Rivieraracing]

I've taken cars in to get the tires balanced and had weights fall off on the way home!! I'd take them back in and have them double check them!

 

[Biggmann]

Mind did the same thing, rebalanced the tires and that should do it..

 

[blazerjohnny94]

easy to say rebalance them lol ive called around for mine to be rebalanced and its 200 or up lol

 

[rippinitup]

SO i did a re-balance for $50, didnt seem to help the problem much. and if it did maybe it helped just a BIT. could it be the tire that causes the vibration? the tires i bought new and currently have less then 10k miles.

 

[94z28guy]

Is it factory wheels? Are thy putting hammer on weights on both inside AND outside lip? Balancing requires someone that gives a shit, sticky weights do well as long as there is a tech willing to give a shit. If your Positive it isnt a tire/wheel issue then check the u joints.

 

[rippinitup]

Is it factory wheels? Are thy putting hammer on weights on both inside AND outside lip? Balancing requires someone that gives a shit, sticky weights do well as long as there is a tech willing to give a shit. If your Positive it isnt a tire/wheel issue then check the u joints.

yea factory wheels. and yea inside and outside of the wheel. i have no clue would it could be. its super smooth and other speeds. 70-75 super smooth.

 

[houstone003]

could possibly be your driveshaft..factory driveshaft can only handle up to a certain speed my brothers nnbs sierra vibrates at 100 cause of the driveshaft tubing being to thing

 

[UBILLN]

try checking your tire pressure, tire shops generally dont give a shit what it says in your door, they just stick whatever in them which usually is too much. I personally go with the tire pressure that used to be in the door of my old 2005 ESV which was 30, seems low but if it was good for a massive ESV should be fine for my Tahoe... anyway it rides like a buckboard wagon at 35+, shaking and all, but smooth as the cadillac at 30psi.

 

[angel.arteaga]

I am actually having the same problem on my 03 tahoe, I have good year eagle eye tires and 20" aftermarket wheels, i get the same annoying shaking between 75 and 85 mph, i got everything balanced and did not help at all.

Hey scottyboy, i did not know about those clips u talked about earlier in this thread, can u tell me more about them, how the look, or where to find them please ?

so apparantlythe issue might be...

1. Driveshaft
2. the little clip things
3. cv joints
4. ???
5. ???
6. ???

 

[94z28guy]

30-35 psi is excellent tire pressure on heavy vehicles like ours, as long as you dont mind buying tires alot. It will destroy inside and out side of tires. I dont care what the door says you run less than 40 PSI and it will wear the tires unevenly.

 

[bair1218]

So I have this noise I was advised by my dealer it was the hubs... Got the new ones that were listed on here, the hubs went in great!! However I still have a sound and light vibration you can feel in your feet at 65+mph sounds like a bad tire but my last set did it and now 4 brand new tires and both front hubs and still making the noise.. It's like wom wom wom and the sound is like a rotational issue



And from what I can tell is it's deffinatly right front making noise

And it starts at 50 worst 72-75 fades at 80 only hear it on the highway?

Could it be a bad alignment job?

At this point I'm lost... 3 dealers and the tire shop where I had the tires installed all have no idea..

So after about a month and 3 dealers no one has an idea.. And now I have a popping sound in my left front when I come to a stop and when I pull away...

 

[rhinom67]

U joint or possible Wheel Bearing

 

[bacon612]

I'd just like to revive this post to say that I just fixed the vibration that I was having on my 99 denali. I've been trying to get it sorted for over two years on and off now. Had my rear driveshaft balanced, u joints switched, wheels balanced and the culprit was my brake drums. I went to an alignment shop called Central Alignment in Knoxville and the owner, mike nailed the issue for me. He replaced both rear drums and even went as far as to weld a balancing weight to one of the drums that wasn't perfect. Unbelievable.

For those of you with older models that still have rear drum brakes. Do not overlook this as a possibility.