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Id like to find one for my 06 maybe it would help keep it from wandering when i hit the areas of road that are pounded down from Traffic?, like little valleys truck seems to pull and move going thru those...

 

Steering stabilizers will solve nothing.

Your alignment is most likely bad.

Welcome to a Tacoma the truck that always seizes alignment bushings......

 

+ 1

 

Alignments have always been fine or very close...truck is like new...only 25k miles. can't have ruined anything in that short sprint of miles?

 

Maybe he is just being hyper sensitive?

I have what are almost 34" tires in E load rating on my truck with a lift and to me it rides great - to others not so much.

pulling to one side = bad alignment

shimmy at speed = just about anything

 

Hypersensitive-more than likely

Pulling to either side-never done that

Shimmy is random, probably just from bumps. I haven't noticed any sort of pattern

 

what PSI is he running? If he's like my dad they are both running 60+ PSI of rock hard tires to save fuel while also killing any sort of good ride over bumps.

 

We both run at 32psi

 

Steering stabilizer will not help; a shimmy is caused by a spinning part being out of balance. It may not even be a wheel; it could be an axle or a diff that's slightly out of balance. If there's mud accumulated on a driveshaft even that can cause it.
My guess is it's tires. A tire that's slightly out of round (even when perfectly balanced) can cause a shimmy.

 

My truck has a slight shimmy

 

Tell your father that a Tacoma is not a 1980's chevy with a solid front axle. A steering stabilizer will do nothing but mask an issue, a more serious one at that. Do it right, and find the real issue. I know it may be a pain to narrow it down, but fixing the real issue may save you problems down the road.

 

Thing is, i don't think there is a problem.....a little wheel vibe should be normal from every vehicle. I like it. New shit is just too damn numb feeling

 

I work around alot of big rig truck drivers. Sometimes, if they spend like 11-12 hours a day driving, they tend to start worrying about EVERYTHING, even a slight noise or shimmy. They spend so much time worrying since they have so much windshield time, that they actually forget that IT IS a truck!! good luck though, you may be chasing a ghost

 

I have a feeling

 

Stock wheels?

Is it a constant vibe or it happens in a range of speed.

A driveshaft vibe? Maybe some play in the steering? So many potential sources.

 

No driveline vibes. Wheels are stock. Only shimmy is in the steering wheel and its minimal.

I'm begining to believe a stabilizer is just a cover up for something that could get worse. If we covered it up with a stabilizer, we might not be able to tell if a wheel weight throws or a wheel bearing goes out. I'm not really wanting to find one now

 

Yep i think you're right.

Like some said before, it's not a caddy!

 

Hey, I loved my '80 K10! Dare I say more than my Taco?! I will say I do not miss the mpg but seriously, it rode smoother than my new Tacoma.