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Make em say Ugh
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- June 11, 2001
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- Indianapolis, IN
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UPDATE:
Well, I am back from my 18 hour road trip to Georgia(hiking 40 miles of the AT) in my X and have some ideas. i noticed all the little things I have done have indead made some diference, but not enough.
I still get a full body massage on the highway at speed. The faster the worse... But this trip I noticed some different things that I was ignoring before. I had noticed before that my shackles had spaces between the leafs and the frame at the bolts. Could cause play side to side. I also noticed my bushings for the springs are old and worn. When hitting a bump on a turn or at speed I notice a good deal of wobble in the rear. With that in mind I started to thing maybe there is just too much play and it is causing the vibes. I also notice that the whole truck wobbles on the highway and that cannot be normal. Here are my ideas:
1) Is it possible to have a bad set of leaf springs that can vibrate?
2) I am going to replace the leaf bushings
3) I am going to take the torch to the shackles and remove the center crossmember so it mounts flush and tight then I will weld a new crossmember on.
After this everything should be tight! Unless, the spring set is currupt for some reason???? Maybe I should buy the old man emu leafs, but I will try this first I guess.
What are everyones oppinions/ideas?
Well, I am back from my 18 hour road trip to Georgia(hiking 40 miles of the AT) in my X and have some ideas. i noticed all the little things I have done have indead made some diference, but not enough.
I still get a full body massage on the highway at speed. The faster the worse... But this trip I noticed some different things that I was ignoring before. I had noticed before that my shackles had spaces between the leafs and the frame at the bolts. Could cause play side to side. I also noticed my bushings for the springs are old and worn. When hitting a bump on a turn or at speed I notice a good deal of wobble in the rear. With that in mind I started to thing maybe there is just too much play and it is causing the vibes. I also notice that the whole truck wobbles on the highway and that cannot be normal. Here are my ideas:
1) Is it possible to have a bad set of leaf springs that can vibrate?
2) I am going to replace the leaf bushings
3) I am going to take the torch to the shackles and remove the center crossmember so it mounts flush and tight then I will weld a new crossmember on.
After this everything should be tight! Unless, the spring set is currupt for some reason???? Maybe I should buy the old man emu leafs, but I will try this first I guess.
What are everyones oppinions/ideas?