shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

cdemmons · 01-12-2009, 06:30 PM

i have a 1969 k20 i have a massive shaking comming form the front end of the truck when i hit 40 but when i hit 50 it goes away but it shakes bad it shakes me right off the road i have tried changing tires buying new tires old tires changing tire pressure it stops for a while after changing tires and then it comes right back what is it any ideas?

*Dylan · 01-12-2009, 07:00 PM

Front end may possibly need rebuilding? Alignment issues? Loose hub maybe? Just some ideas.

RED72blazer · 01-12-2009, 08:01 PM

is the truck lifted? what kind of tires are you running? I would inspect the Entire front end. Ball joints, tie rods, drag link, pitman arm, steering box and wheel bearings.

RLONG · 01-13-2009, 07:59 AM

If you run your right tire off the road when it starts and it stops when you pull back on a new stablizer will solve the problem but this usually caused by a loose front end.

vtblazer · 01-13-2009, 08:18 AM

As stated above, go through the entire front end & rebuild it, not worth playing guessing games with a 40 year old front end.

More than a little surprised your still driving it that way.

Chevyman63 · 01-13-2009, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by vtblazer

As stated above, go through the entire front end & rebuild it, not worth playing guessing games with a 40 year old front end.

More than a little surprised your still driving it that way.

cdemmons · 01-13-2009, 09:25 AM

i was going to try a steering stablizer kit from lmc to see if that solved my problem for right now untill i can get some money together to redo the front end do you think that would work also it is the middle of winter here and no space inside to do it.

vtblazer · 01-13-2009, 01:00 PM

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Originally Posted by cdemmons

do you think that would work

Getting it off the road until it's fixed correctly gets my vote.

Would really hate to hear the story about how you were trying it out having just put another band aid fix into it and you ran off the road and totaled the truck, or worse yet hit someone else and caused either one of you injury.

Chevyman63 · 01-13-2009, 01:05 PM

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Originally Posted by vtblazer

Getting it off the road until it's fixed correctly gets my vote.

Would really hate to hear the story about how you were trying it out having just put another band aid fix into it and you ran off the road and totaled the truck, or worse yet hit someone else and caused either one of you injury.

No way to tell what will help until you determine the cause.

cdemmons · 01-13-2009, 02:30 PM

yeah i know i haven't been driving it since it started shaking but i will work on it but i don't know all the bearing look good in the hubs there is nothing lose in the front end steering doesn't have that much play in it so thats why i am confused now did trucks that year have a track bar for the front axel some one toled me that could be the problem too i don't see where there was ever one on there?

pound41 · 01-13-2009, 04:34 PM

I have a friend who had 96 Ram 3/4ton 4wd. It had like 90k on it. It was only 6-7yrs old at the time He tells me that one day he is driving down the interstate and the truck bounces a few times and then its like your going over a pot holed gravel road at 50mph and you have airbags on the truck and you are jacking the bags up and down as fast as it will go. He said I have never been so scared in my life. I kinda laughed. Anyway I go one evening with him to look at a job we are going down the interstate and it starts bouncing and he says oh god here it comes And it did exactly what he said. I was scared to death. Cars were passing us and looking over disbelief. I told my dad about it he was a old mechanic dating back to the 1950's He said he had experinced it and heard a few others. He said Stop driving it and rebuild the entire front end. I would do that

DANTES JIMMY · 01-13-2009, 05:02 PM

im just as guilty as the next guy for driving some sloppy steering old turds
but it sounds very unsafe if it is this bad
try to fix it for your safety and every other kid and family on the road
i put off fixing an old steering box once
and the day it finally stripped out i was glad it swerved right instead of left
because there was a load of high school kids in a cavalier coming head on
it coulda been ugly

cparman · 01-13-2009, 06:38 PM

Take the truck to your favorite repair shop, and have the front end checked for loose parts. Any decent shop will most likely check it and give you an estimate at little or no cost. Then figure out what your game plan is. I would think the steering stabilizer idea is a great way to waste money. Ever seen a stabilizer on one of our old truck from the factory?

vtblazer · 01-14-2009, 07:16 AM

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Originally Posted by cparman

Ever seen a stabilizer on one of our old truck from the factory?

Well...yeah.

Parts stores seem to carry them for our trucks as a stock replacement part.

My 3/4 ton 4x4 burb had one.

Would be something worth looking into...
Get Special-K in here, he'll know.

dirty trucker · 01-14-2009, 08:07 AM

I put on a dual steering stabilizer kit last summer, it looks cool... I think I might of kinda slightly felt a difference, with stopping some bump steer, but I would have to agree with the guys..

I did have some old 35" bias ply swampers that rode like that.. Best answer for that is the TRASH...

cdemmons · 01-14-2009, 08:32 AM

well guys thanks for the imformation i took it to my girlfriends fathers shop and he looked at it and it ened up being my steering box i need a new one he adjusted it and that got rid of it but it still shakes a llittle when i hit a big bump so i know what it is now my steering box is worn and it needs replacing thanks much

01-12-2009, 06:30 PM	#1
cdemmons Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: hillsboro nh Posts: 14	shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? i have a 1969 k20 i have a massive shaking comming form the front end of the truck when i hit 40 but when i hit 50 it goes away but it shakes bad it shakes me right off the road i have tried changing tires buying new tires old tires changing tire pressure it stops for a while after changing tires and then it comes right back what is it any ideas?

01-12-2009, 07:00 PM	#2
*Dylan Mean Buzzin' Half Dozen Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 1,081	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? Front end may possibly need rebuilding? Alignment issues? Loose hub maybe? Just some ideas. __________________ "War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself." MY TRUCK (Now for sale) 1967 C10 SWB *Dylan* IIMY?

01-12-2009, 08:01 PM	#3
RED72blazer urban fourwheelin Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,007	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? is the truck lifted? what kind of tires are you running? I would inspect the Entire front end. Ball joints, tie rods, drag link, pitman arm, steering box and wheel bearings. __________________ 1972 K5 Blazer with Cummins 4BT, NV4500 swap in the parts gathering stage.

01-13-2009, 07:59 AM	#4
RLONG Registered User Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: BROOKELAND,TX Posts: 228	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? If you run your right tire off the road when it starts and it stops when you pull back on a new stablizer will solve the problem but this usually caused by a loose front end.

01-13-2009, 08:18 AM	#5
vtblazer Registered User Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Central Vermont Posts: 8,537	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? As stated above, go through the entire front end & rebuild it, not worth playing guessing games with a 40 year old front end. More than a little surprised your still driving it that way. Last edited by vtblazer; 01-13-2009 at 08:20 AM.

01-13-2009, 09:25 AM	#7
cdemmons Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: hillsboro nh Posts: 14	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? i was going to try a steering stablizer kit from lmc to see if that solved my problem for right now untill i can get some money together to redo the front end do you think that would work also it is the middle of winter here and no space inside to do it.

01-13-2009, 02:30 PM	#10
cdemmons Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: hillsboro nh Posts: 14	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? yeah i know i haven't been driving it since it started shaking but i will work on it but i don't know all the bearing look good in the hubs there is nothing lose in the front end steering doesn't have that much play in it so thats why i am confused now did trucks that year have a track bar for the front axel some one toled me that could be the problem too i don't see where there was ever one on there?

01-13-2009, 04:34 PM	#11
pound41 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 1,268	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? I have a friend who had 96 Ram 3/4ton 4wd. It had like 90k on it. It was only 6-7yrs old at the time He tells me that one day he is driving down the interstate and the truck bounces a few times and then its like your going over a pot holed gravel road at 50mph and you have airbags on the truck and you are jacking the bags up and down as fast as it will go. He said I have never been so scared in my life. I kinda laughed. Anyway I go one evening with him to look at a job we are going down the interstate and it starts bouncing and he says oh god here it comes And it did exactly what he said. I was scared to death. Cars were passing us and looking over disbelief. I told my dad about it he was a old mechanic dating back to the 1950's He said he had experinced it and heard a few others. He said Stop driving it and rebuild the entire front end. I would do that

01-13-2009, 05:02 PM	#12
DANTES JIMMY Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: PENDLETON,INDIANA Posts: 271	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? im just as guilty as the next guy for driving some sloppy steering old turds but it sounds very unsafe if it is this bad try to fix it for your safety and every other kid and family on the road i put off fixing an old steering box once and the day it finally stripped out i was glad it swerved right instead of left because there was a load of high school kids in a cavalier coming head on it coulda been ugly Last edited by DANTES JIMMY; 01-13-2009 at 05:05 PM.

01-13-2009, 06:38 PM	#13
cparman sharp as a marble Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: atlantic beach,florida Posts: 1,082	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? Take the truck to your favorite repair shop, and have the front end checked for loose parts. Any decent shop will most likely check it and give you an estimate at little or no cost. Then figure out what your game plan is. I would think the steering stabilizer idea is a great way to waste money. Ever seen a stabilizer on one of our old truck from the factory?

01-14-2009, 08:07 AM	#15
dirty trucker Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: AuGres, Mi Posts: 82	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? I put on a dual steering stabilizer kit last summer, it looks cool... I think I might of kinda slightly felt a difference, with stopping some bump steer, but I would have to agree with the guys.. I did have some old 35" bias ply swampers that rode like that.. Best answer for that is the TRASH...

01-14-2009, 08:32 AM	#16
cdemmons Registered User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: hillsboro nh Posts: 14	Re: shaking in the front end of my truck what is it? well guys thanks for the imformation i took it to my girlfriends fathers shop and he looked at it and it ened up being my steering box i need a new one he adjusted it and that got rid of it but it still shakes a llittle when i hit a big bump so i know what it is now my steering box is worn and it needs replacing thanks much



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