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Steering vibration/shake issue need help

Discussion in '2.5 Gen TRD Pro (2014-2021)' started by Fernjr20, Sep 2, 2020.

  1. Sep 2, 2020 at 11:12 PM
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    Fernjr20

    Fernjr20 [OP] New Member

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    Need advice, Solution...
    Steering wheel vibration/shake.
    New Wheels had balanced, new brakes and rotors, and had alignment done. Please help.
    Thank you.
     
  2. Sep 3, 2020 at 2:38 AM
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    Bad Cow

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    There are only a few things that will cause steering wheel vibration. Have you been in the mud lately?
     
  3. Sep 3, 2020 at 6:08 AM
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    JohnLakeman

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    After buying new tires and/or wheels, any new vibration of steering and front suspension will almost always be tire unbalance, and sometimes, but less frequently, wheel unbalance. Some tires will simply have heavy spots as manufacturing defects. Major tire retailers will have unbalance standards beyond which they will declare tires "unbalanceable", and brand new tire(s) will have to be replaced as "defective". I would start with the store that sold and mounted the tires.
     
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  4. Sep 3, 2020 at 6:10 AM
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    timsp8

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    What kinds of wheels/tires? Size? Lug or hub centric? Do they have an excess amount of weights?
     
  5. Sep 3, 2020 at 6:23 AM
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    Most likely they did not balance the wheels/tires properly.
     
  6. Sep 11, 2020 at 1:07 PM
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    I'm going through the same thing and it's maddening. I've had two sets of wheels, three sets of tires, two alignments, several inspections and the problem is not 100% resolved. I have learned that independent shops and dealers are happy to take your money and balance your tires and tell you it's 100% now when it is not (they rarely even check unless you insist on it and even then not always). Try to get whoever is doing your balance to get it to zero out, then take the tire/wheel off the machine and put it back on. It should still be zero - if not, they need to be looking for other problems like excessive run-out, a bad tire, needing to ride match, machine out of calibration, errors mounting the tire on the balancer etc. As folks on here will tell you it takes some skill to operate the balancing machinery properly and not everyone is skilled. I have learned that a bad alignment can cause vibration/wobble and not just pulling or uneven tire wear. My problem was partially resolved by asking the dealer to do an alignment and get the numbers very close to center of spec. If you have caster, camber, toe that is off but still "in spec" it can cause problems on Tundras. If there was any other vehicle that came close to what I need with the reliability that I demand I would probably have gotten rid of this truck months ago.
     
  7. Sep 14, 2020 at 6:29 PM
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    Fernjr20

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    Thanks for the advice and input.
    first no I have not been in the mud.
    They are new tires and wheels stock size,
    dueler H/L.
    New brakes and rotors
    Alignment done. Will need to check the alignment Numbers and ask them to get it as close to center
    Not sure what else to check.

    Thanks to all for your time.
     
  8. Nov 4, 2020 at 7:17 PM
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    What about bad bearings?
     

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