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2001 Ford Explorer Sport Trac with a couple of issues.

johnbt17

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alabaster, alabama
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2001 ford explorer sport
it has started to shake when it goes about 60mph and one side is lower than the other anyone kno wat is wrong plz let me kno and how much itd cost to fix it
 






Welcome to this forum! I've moved your thread into the 2001-2005 Sport Trac section. Your tires might need to be balanced or the wheel alignment might be off. Check your shocks for the height issue.
 






Johnbt,
Shaking at a specific speed is generally a tire/wheel imbalance. It comes in at a certain speed and goes away again due to harmonics. To test it, make it vibrate on the highway, speed up to the top speed of the vibration or above it, then shift to Neutral. As you slow back through the vibration speed if it continues to vibrate it's likely the tires/wheels. Could be the driveshaft but that will usually cause a vibration that comes in and out a few times through speed range. Stop in at a decent tire shop that can Road Force Balance your tires. This is a machine that balances like a normal machine but it also has a roller that pushes a load against the tire. The reasoning behind this is that some tires have hard/soft spots and the differences will cause a vibration. In normal operation the tire is loaded. If it is balanced while unloaded then it is slightly false.
 






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