just got back from the dealer

so i took my truck in cuz i had a bad vibration while turning from a dead stop and while parallel parking. they checked everything and said it was cuz the cap wasn't lubed. so i guess he lubed it but i still feel a little bit of vibration just not as bad... can this really be cuz the cap wasnt lubed or can it be something else?

 

What cap?

 

the wheel cap

 

anyone?

 

yea the hub cap

 

thats what im wondering, if it is so, then sounds like a scam to me....

 

all he said was that the cap wasnt lubed enough so he lubed it and no more vibration. but i still feel the vibration kinda when the tires are fully turned (locked)

 

Sounds like complete bullshit to me.

 

i got stock tires on right now... theyve never rubbed in the past when they got rotated but now they rub after this rotation? i never had this problem till i picked up my truck from getting the 30k service done

 

Thats wierd never heard about lubing a cap.

 

I KNOW! i was kinda weirded out when he told me, i was kinda confused but i was running late to work, he took awhile inspecting it so i took his word when he said no more vibration. so i drive here to work and feel it when im parking, i just called my service guy and hes at lunch so i will call back in a few...

 

Take a little initiative before running to the dealer for every little noise/problem; get a good bright flashlight, and look under the front fenders, and check for spots where there has been any kind of contact. If that fails, get a friend to help you by standing to the side of ther truck while you drive slowly with the front wheels turned full lock in both directions, and try to reproduce the sound. Feathered tires can make noise, but it would have to be extreme before you would hear much noise, so I would not think that is your problem.

 

this is the first time i ever took it in for a problem.. and im sorry but i just got it serviced this past weekend had have never had this problem. i get my truck back from the dealer after service and i get this??? whatever it is the service department did this problem so they should fix it, i have every right to go back to them for this, its their fault not mine

 

and we did do the stand outside and hear test, and the mechanic definitely heard something while the tires were locked, he also felt it when test drove it

 

Could it be drive shaft vibration? and you only feel it because of the slop speeds involved?

 

i only feel it on dead stop, then turning all the way or parallel parking.


so just got off the phone with my service guy and he said what was lubricated was the steering stop cap on the suspension.

can someone fill me on this cap?

 

I remember them on my older toyota trucks, you had to lube them or the truck would make a horrendous metal on metal noise when turning sharp into a parking space (kinda like what you are describing). I didn't realize the newer ones had them. Now I am going to go look, it is hard for me to explain. Usually there was a plastic cap too if I remember correctly, its been a while since I heard the god forsaken noise.