Front end Vibration/Thumping

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Old 09-30-2011, 09:57 PM
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Front end Vibration/Thumping

Hi guys, I have 2003 F150 FX4 supercab XLT. I've read some post on here in the past and they were very helpful, I have a vibration and or thumping in the front end, it is more noticable the slower I drive. I went ahead and changed the wheel bearing hubs and the cv axels on both sides and the vibration/thumping is still there, does anyone have any ideas?
 
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Old 09-30-2011, 10:50 PM
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Sounds like it could be a bad tire, as in a broken belt or bulge in the sidewall.
 
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Old 10-01-2011, 07:52 AM
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Thanks sam1947

I thought about that, I have fairly agressive tires on the truck and the tread is getting pretty worn. But if I'm going slow almost to a stop it feels like a grab and release, grab and release, grab and release type of wabble. I read a forum on here about a guy who had a bad vacume line on his transfer case, I was wondering if one side of the 4x4 might be grabbing. I'm going to have the tires spun balanced today to see if thats the problem.
 
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Warped rotors and dragging brakes maybe?
 
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Old 10-01-2011, 10:14 AM
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Don't overlook bad tie rods and or ball joints. Another is the stabilizer bar end links.
 



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