Vermonster
Active Member
I was able to put about 750 miles on my fox set up over the last dew days, along with my new Falken AT3W's. I had everything aligned post lift, and tires balanced. On the first leg of our trip, I acquired a slight shake in the steering wheel, mainly at highway speeds of 50-80mph. I immediately suspected a poor balance job on the tires, had them re-done with another shop and indeed, all were out of balance. When we departed for the second portion of the trip, it seemed better to start, but by the time 5 hours of driving went by, the shake/shimmy in the steering wheel was back. I have checked all suspension components and wheel lugs and they are torqued correctly. There is no other issues with the ride, just this shake which is pretty minor, but still not completely right.Yes, they come preset at 3" and there was still a good bit of thread left to rotate the collar. I would imagine you could go up at least another inch if you wanted.....
Anyone have some input on where to go with this next? Do I try a 3rd balancing on the wheels (the last included a road force balance)? How do I figure out if I have a tire that is out of round? And last question- Would it be possible that the alignment is off again if the suspension settled in a bit over the last few hundred miles? Would a slight alignment issue from settling cause a shake?
Looking for any thoughts or input. Still very happy over all, but I do want to sort out the minor shake in the steering wheel.
BTW, Ecoop, do you have a measurement from hub center to the bottom of the fender flare? curious if we ended up with the same lift overall (I too forgot to measure stock numbers!)
Thanks!
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