That article is mostly about a 40-50 mph vibration. Once in a while someone chimes in with a steering wheel vibration at 60-70 mph which is different. I would really like to know what causes that steering wheel nibble problem. It’s those long drives were it really becomes annoying.

 

How do you know where to put the Clamp? Has anyone seen an aftermarket driveshaft for the F150?

 

The aluminum aftermarket that I balanced was on a Mustang and the technique worked great. You can do it with your stock driveshaft unless you are wanting to get the aluminum anyway. The Ford dealership replaced mine with factory replacement of coarse and I honestly don't know how they balanced it but it worked. I really haven't even checked it out thoroughly to see, but I ride smooth as a Caddy at any speed. When we balanced my Stang's, we put the hose clamp back near the rear yolk if I remember correctly. Go to this mustang forums site. There is a wealth of knowledge there and great bros will help you out. Do some searches first to see if you can come up with anything.

http://www.corral.net/forums/

It might not be a bad idea to go ahead and start by replacing the one you have now anyway. Perfect excuse to get an aluminum That's how I slide half my upgrades by the wifey

Good luck.

 

Ok so here is what i am being told it most likely is. They are saying that some of the trucks ford purchased git a bad batch of ring and pinion gears. But ford will not cover the repair even with a warrenty. But they are not %100 that would be the fix. Repairs is about. $650

 

Who is saying this,,,Ford?? And if you're in warrantee, it is covered. Ring and pinion gears are not "wear" items therefore they are covered by warrantee. Second, I have never heard of a ring & pinion ever doing that as a problem. They whine. It would be a problem at any speed if your gears were producing the vibration I think. I paid over $900 for my gear swap parts and labor. I think the performance shop that did the swap logged a few extra hours labor though. They said "It ain't like an 8.8 swap." when I said my stang gear swaps only take an hour. Also the ring & pinion itself was over $400 where you get an 8.8 for $169. So the $650 is really a good deal.

I didn't swap my gear for that problem though. The problem was solved before I even bought my truck. I swaped it later brcause the stock gear was way too tall for my liking. I really don't believe that is the problem. I've just never heard of that, but it could be. If they think it's that and you're still covered, it shouldn't cost you a dime. They should swap it. Then if it's still there they need to go on forward up the drivetrain. Next stop, the driveshaft swap & balance it. I bet you wouldn't reproduce the problem then. That's what fixed mine.

I honestly thought that the guy with my truck was making up the "vibration" issue because he didn't want the new truck payment ya know. Because he found reasons to take my truck back after the vibration until Ford bought it back, but this thread proves it. Plus the report even states the vibration could not be reproduced after the driveshaft swap and balance. At least you know that it is in the drivetrain and thankfully they are close if not correct. If it was coming out of my pocket, I would balance the driveshaft frist unless you want a better gear ratio. Now you have a perfecxt excuse for a gear swap

Either way, I feel for you bro. I hate when my ride isn't running/driving perfect. Like I said though. It will be fixed. It just may cost a few bucks you didn't want to throw that way. But, if you're in warrantee, they have to fix this issue period.

Best of luck brother,
Grant

 

When I got my tires and rims a couple weeks ago, I started to have significant vibration coming from the rear end. I just got back from the shop having the tires re-balanced. The truck drives great now! I am so pleased that it was a balance issue, cuz after reading this thread, I was worried that I was in for some major repairs. The tech said that it took 8 oz of weight to balance 2 of my 4 tires, and if this balance job did not fix it, then he would have to swap the tires for better (more balanced) ones. I am happy now, and as long as the tires can be balanced I will keep these. Try having the tires rebalanced first before you have anything else looked at. For those of you still having issues, I hope that they are resolved soon. I agree, I HATE it when theres something wrong with my truck!

 

I have an '05 ext. cab longbed w/ the h.d. payload pkg and had the smae thing happen. Had the tires rebalanced, problem solved. But had a buddy who's a mech. look at it for me anyway and he noticed some play in the balljoints, not much, and said I probably will have to replace them at some time. That was a year ago. I'm pretty hard on the truck and drive alot of country roads so that would'nt suprise me too much anyhow.Well, shaking returned a year later and had the tires rebalanced again, problem solved again. I'm going to have the balljoints looked at again anyway and see what happens.Don't know if this helps any, so good luck.