CamperKirk
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Well, I finally got my Bilstein shocks and Hellwig sways on and what a HUGE difference! The ride is soooo much better I cant beleive it. And, with that being done I was riding the turnpike at 65 mph with ease, comfort and confidence. Only thing it at 65 it had a strange vibration. Almost like you are riding the rumble strip, but not near that bad. It feels more like it coming through the steering wheel, but at the same time my wife feels it a little in the passenger seat. Now 64 and under it is super smooth. Tires are couple years new, wheel bearings have just been taken care of and front end is solid. It is a 1999 Ford E SuperDuty with the V10.
Thanks for any ideas.
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Tire out of balance, or tire starting to loose its tread (Any age even new ones do), Drive shaft, U-joint perhaps. Not much left thats going around.
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CamperKirk wrote:Well, I finally got my Bilstein shocks and Hellwig sways on and what a HUGE difference! The ride is soooo much better I cant beleive it. And, with that being done I was riding the turnpike at 65 mph with ease, comfort and confidence. Only thing it at 65 it had a strange vibration. Almost like you are riding the rumble strip, but not near that bad. It feels more like it coming through the steering wheel, but at the same time my wife feels it a little in the passenger seat. Now 64 and under it is super smooth. Tires are couple years new, wheel bearings have just been taken care of and front end is solid. It is a 1999 Ford E SuperDuty with the V10.
Thanks for any ideas.
Check your carrier bearing for the drive shaft. Also, inspect u-joints. Does the vibration subside when you release the accelerator and coast? Does it vibrate more or less under hard acceleration? If the vibration stays the same regaurdless then I would have to think that you have a tire balance issue. Our brand new E450 church bus has a vibration under load at higher speeds that, according to multiple dealerships, cannot be corrected. I guess this is what to expect when you drive a Ford product.
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I did notice that even going down hill, more coasting then under load, it still vabrates. So, I would think more of a balance issue then u-joint, drive shaft?? But, the cariere bearings, would they vibrate with and without load? How would you tell if they are bad?
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oldtrucker63
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CamperKirk wrote:Well, I finally got my Bilstein shocks and Hellwig sways on and what a HUGE difference! The ride is soooo much better I cant beleive it. And, with that being done I was riding the turnpike at 65 mph with ease, comfort and confidence. Only thing it at 65 it had a strange vibration. Almost like you are riding the rumble strip, but not near that bad. It feels more like it coming through the steering wheel, but at the same time my wife feels it a little in the passenger seat. Now 64 and under it is super smooth. Tires are couple years new, wheel bearings have just been taken care of and front end is solid. It is a 1999 Ford E SuperDuty with the V10.
Thanks for any ideas. My old dodge had the same kind of vibration and it was a brake caliper that was froze up, It finally started pulling to the left and then started getting hot, After I replaced the drivers side brake caliper it's back driving like new again.
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dannynu
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Check your emergency brake assembly. That's where my vibration came from.
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Front brake caliper is the likely suspect. Fords were known to be "sticky" at times. Not enough to stop you or even slow you down but enough to cause a wobble and heat. Best way to check after you experiance it is to pull over at the next safe place to stop and test to see if one of the wheels is warmer (could be really hot) than the others. Don't touch it directly as it might be hot enough to burn you.
Many posts on Ford forums about this topic including folks that spend big bucks trying to find the solution.
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This is where a IR temperature gun comes in handy. You can pinpoint a hot caliper, etc. without touching it although when my F/R caliper hung up I could feel the heat just standing next to the wheel but there are many other uses for a temperature gun in and around the house.
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Besides checking the brake calipers also check the cables for the parking brake.
On one Ford I was having problems and the final outcome was that one of the cables to the parking brakes was sticking. One side was free but the other side would sometimes stick and cause the brake shoes on that side to drag.
Tire balance and drive shaft balance would be something to carefully check. Do you do your own work? It would not be that difficult to pull the drive shaft and have a drive line shop check the balance, carrier bearing and u-joints.
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When I bought a new Toyota Cressida in 1984 there was vibration in the floor board and steering wheel whenever I went over 55mph. The Toyota dealer was at a loss and left it at that. Rotating the wheels did no good so I finally took the car to a tire shop. The mechanic put it on a lift, spun the r/front tire and said "There's one." When he got around to the l/rear he said "There's another". Both Bridgestone tires were out of round hence vibration on both axles. If I had rotated one side at a time front to back then both bad tires would have been on the same axle and no vibration on the other axle. The dealer didn't sell Bridgestone so I had him install 2 Michelins. Not too long after the car was all over the road. Both Michelins got thread seperation so I had to replace them. 
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