Wheel spacers (causing vibration)

[njrucci]

Wheel spacers causing vibration at high speeds. I had had my tires rude force balance twice. 32/10.5R17 on stock wheels

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[Gsxrdoug]

Try taking the spacers off, run it at speed again and see if its gone! If gone you know for sure its the spacers and not something else. Then proceed to get offset wheels or new spacers.

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

Hmmm, here are a couple questions to start….

Did you recalibrate your speedometer?
At what speed are you noticing the vibration?

 

[Peas]

Wheel spacers causing vibration at high speeds. I had had my tires rude force balance twice. 32/10.5R17 on stock wheels

I recently had the same problem and it was an alignment issue. Vibration was very noticeable at 70mph.

 

[njrucci]

Hmmm, here are a couple questions to start….

Did you recalibrate your speedometer?
At what speed are you noticing the vibration?

80-85mph the seats start to shake

 

[njrucci]

I recently had the same problem and it was an alignment issue. Vibration was very noticeable at 70mph.

I did have a alignment not to long ago. But alight doesn’t have anything to do with vibration at night speeds.

 

[21VBRanger]

I'm going through the same issues with vibration at 70. I don't have wheel spacers. If no one is sitting in the passenger seat it shakes pretty bad. It's done it since I bought the truck new in June with a 3 inch leveling kit, aftermarket 20s with 32 inch tires. I wasn't fond of the original wheels so replaced those and no change. My thought would be the Toyo AT3s. But still trying to figure it out.

 

[njrucci]

I'm going through the same issues with vibration at 70. I don't have wheel spacers. If no one is sitting in the passenger seat it shakes pretty bad. It's done it since I bought the truck new in June with a 3 inch leveling kit, aftermarket 20s with 32 inch tires. I wasn't fond of the original wheels so replaced those and no change. My thought would be the Toyo AT3s. But still trying to figure it out.

do you have wheel spacers on? And I have the falken AT3

 

[DukeCanBuildit]

80-85mph the seats start to shake

If you haven’t recalibrated your speedometer after adding those 32s, what you’re reading as 80-85, is actually more like 90+.

Your truck likely shimmied at high speeds of 90 plus before the spacers (it’s a Ranger thing) but you likely never, or rarely drove at that speed. Now you drive that fast often but your speedometer reads lower.

Those big tires throw your speedometer off - try driving at 75-80 according to your speedometer, which is really more like 80-85. it probably feels just like it used to.

Anyway, just a thought.

 

[Msfitoy]

I thought you have two threads going...I replied to the other one...

 

[njrucci]

If you haven’t recalibrated your speedometer after adding those 32s, what you’re reading as 80-85, is actually more like 90+.

Your truck likely shimmied at high speeds of 90 plus before the spacers (it’s a Ranger thing) but you likely never, or rarely drove at that speed. Now you drive that fast often but your speedometer reads lower.

Those big tires throw your speedometer off - try driving at 75-80 according to your speedometer, which is really more like 80-85. it probably feels just like it used to.

Anyway, just a thought.

I have a tune but it didn’t fix the speedometer or tire size and I don’t know how to change the tune. SCT bull dog

 

[21VBRanger]

do you have wheel spacers on? And I have the falken AT3

No wheel spacers.

 

[gcan]

I may be wrong but with it being so noticeable in the seat indicate it’s coming from the rear wheels?
If so maybe try rotating the tires first to check to see if it moves and if not try rotating the spacers. To help Identify the problem.
I have spacers and no issues

 

[21VBRanger]

I may be wrong but with it being so noticeable in the seat indicate it’s coming from the rear wheels?
If so maybe try rotating the tires first to check to see if it moves and if not try rotating the spacers. To help Identify the problem.
I have spacers and no issues

For my issue the dealership said the same thing however I not only see the seat vibrating but feel it in the steering wheel which would tell me that it may be the tires. A trip to FL from KS had my hands feeling a little numb after awhile from the vibration in the steering wheel.

 

[Frenchy]

I did have a alignment not to long ago. But alight doesn’t have anything to do with vibration at night speeds.

Just because you had an alignment doesnt mean too much as the toe could be set incorrectly. I myself figured this out after installing the Old Man EMU lift kit on my truck. I wouldnt be suprised if it is similar with your truck where toe is set at zero but the moment you get in the toe goes out causing high speed steering shake. Due to this i had to sit in the truck during the alignment to fix this.

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