Complex vibration question???

I had this last year. It was my wheel bearing. If you are mechanically minded, do it yourself. A local shop wanted $800 to do both right and left. I just did it myself and had a local place press the new hub assembly together for $15. There are plenty of how to' for this. I think it is a fairly common issue.

 

I think I can get them pre-pressed? Is that correct?

 

No experience with him, but this would be one quick way to do it.

https://www.tacomaworld.com/threads...-complete-save-custom-built-available.288055/

 

If I had to do it again, I'd get these. It would take long at all to swap the hubs out.

You can, just costs more.

 

This is the how to article I used

 

Don't those ones that you linked come pre-pressed?

 

Zipties so you dont waste an expensive adhesive mount

 

Just out of curiosity have you checked your tires to make sure they are balanced. Could you have thrown your wheel weights off ?

 

It was just balanced and aligned ... New tires ... I'm taking it to a shop tomorrow to have it investigated further! Will inform on what they say ... Zip ties are a good idea! If they don't find anything tomorrow, on goes the GoPro lol

 

Took it in to have it looked at, all bearings, tie rods, ... Everything is solid ... Tires are being rebalanced as I post ... If that doesn't fix it, I'm kinda out of ideas lol ...

 

Well vibration still there balanced and aligned, everything is right in all the suspension and steering components ... I'm out of ideas lol, the guy said mud tires always ride bad ... I've had plenty of 33" mud tires and they don't vibrate like this ... So there is something else going on
Components checked:
Hub bearing
Wheel bearing
Up and lower control arms
Tie rods
Front track bar
Steering rack
Tires (balanced twice to be sure, and put the best balanced one on the front)
Alignment was good ...
I'm out of ideas lol

 

Are your wheels hub centric or lug centric? Lug centric wheels require a hub centric ring to make sure they aren't traveling in an ellipse.

 

I have no idea ... How would I tell? Lol

 

Being lifted could be a axle shaft. I would move one of the back wheels to the front and see if goes away. Also, road force balancing maybe necessary.

 

Hub centric wheels fit like a glove on the hub - oem wheels will all be like this. Aftermarket wheels are often sold to fit multiple styles of hubs eg Chevy and Toyota have the same lug pattern, but their hubs are different diameters. To save on cost aftermarket wheel manufacturers will produce the wheels with an opening big enough to accommodate any conceivable hub size. To make sure that the wheel is traveling in a circle they make rings that fill the gap between the opening for the hub to pass through in the wheel and the hub.

 

Here's an example: https://www.ecstuning.com/b-ecs-par...-YhOeO9gT1oPhF7E82hbplAXqIa82qHZDTxoCU4Xw_wcB

But the vibes could be from the lift too. It seems like it could be wheel related if it vibrates differently than it did before once your wheels are mounted again (i.e. If your not getting vibes when turning in different directions each time you mount the wheels or if the turning thing stops working) - a lot of people do get drive shaft vibes from lifting though.

 

Did move one of the rears forward and nothing either ... What is road force balancing?

 

If the wheels were the issue, wouldn't all the wheels be doing the same thing? And even when I switch tires and wheels to the front right from other areas of the car, it still is the vibration in the front right ... So I think it's isolated no matter what tire or wheels is up there ??? How do I check the axle to see if it's bad? I'm sure the tech would have checked that today to rule all of it out, but I can look if there are any ideas or questions about the axels!

 

Could still be wheel bearing. I had same symptoms on my 2005 Tacoma. Had 2 shops tell me wheel bearings were fine. No play at all. Changed them anyway and vibration was gone.

 

I just don't want to start throwing parts at it ... But I am really out of other ideas, so I may just need to replace the wheel bearing and get it over with ... Sound like a logical place to start???