truck shakes >50mph

I never really noticed it before, but I went mudding today and now if I go over 50 mph the truck starts to shake (the steering wheel starts to shake and the passenger chair as well). I washed my truck off after on the outside and under the truck also. I've never cleaned my engine itself...

 

You need to re balance your tires

 

Like re align them?

 

you need to take a pressure washer to the wheel and tire combo and get the underside of the truck while you are at it. good luck.

 

no he is saying that one of the little grey weights on the rim has come off, it may have but i would really clean everything very very well first before i did anything that cost much money.

 

Pressure wash the underside of the truck to knock all the excess mud off. Then take it to the tire shop and get the tires balanced and POSSIBLY a realignment to your front end.

 

ok, but this problem is nothing big, just a good cleaning and alignment right?

 

my bet is mud on the inside of the rims....

I sometimes get this in the winter after I run around in deep snow - the snow melts, puddles in the bottom of the rim and forms an ice chunk.

Just take it to the car wash and concentrate on the wheels - mostly inner side.



Worst case is a lost wheel weight, but I imagine its just some extra mud caught in your wheels.

 

no just a simple balance your tire. go to any local firestone or anywhere and ask them to rebalance the tires. to check your allingment drive with no hands and check for any pulls to the left or right (if its alligned correctly there should be a very slight pull to the right)

 

the steering wheel shake is from the tires being out of balance, no alignment needed unless the steering wheel is not straight when driving down the road or you have a weird feeling from the steering wheel in turns or at hight speed. the vibration and steering wheel shake are from the tire balance. CLEAN THE TRUCK.

 

ok sweet thanks!!

 

ok thanks guys!!!

 

steering wheel vibration = wheel balance

truck pulling to one side or the other = alignment

Just double check you got all the mud out from the inside of the rims.

 

Update: I pressure washed underside of the car and everywhere around the wheels. There was a lot of mud that came out but im still having the vibration/shaking on my steering wheel. I inspected all the wheels and these are the number of weights on each wheel:
front driver side: 1
front passenger side: 0
back driver side: 1
back passenger side: 2
(I think those are the weights anyway... they are about 2 inches and are on the very edge of the wheel?)

Did I lose any weights?

I think the alignment might veer a bit to the right also...

 

It varies. You have to see if it looks like one fell of. There is no set #.

 

Your best bet is to get all 4 tires balanced and have the alignment checked, if you need it have an alignment done. they will print out before and after specs.

 

did the vibration get any better after the washing? did you do a really good job on washing the breaks and wheels? No weights on a tire is not unheard of but is not very common. when you went mudding did you hit anything with the tire that like stopped the truck?

 

each wheel will have a different number of weights you cant simply put weights on or take them off as you please. only a balancing machine will tell you where you need to place them at and how many.

 

I went to a do it yourself car wash and focused the whole time on the wheels and breaks. I dont remember hitting anything. But the only problem could only be needing a rebalancing and or an alignment? Thanks guys!!

 

just a rebalance dont get an alignment if your truck is going straight as is