F150 has vibration when turning, HELP!

SHASTA34 · 10-02-2009, 05:05 PM

So about a month or so back i noticed occasionaly when i would turn, left or right after being at a stop that i would feel a vibration in the front end of the truck. It has since gotten worse and vibrates EVERY time i turn, but only when i have come to a stop or slowing down below 10mph before turning. any ideas as to what the problem might be before i take it into have it looked at? I also noticed, not sure if it was around the same time as the vibration started that when going over bumps that there is a slight rattle as if something is loose but i cant figure where the sound is coming from. Any suggestions would be great.

Thanks!!

taz4x4150 · 10-03-2009, 08:19 AM

2WD or 4WD? What year? There are several things that would contribute to this problem. Your mission, should you choose to accept, is troubleshooting. Bad/worn tires, loose lugnuts, wheel bearings, tie-rods, ball-joints, upper/lower "A" arm joints, worn steering box, worn pitman arm......
GOOD LUCK

SHASTA34 · 10-08-2009, 10:02 AM

Its a 2002 Laraiat 4x4, new tires

Flames · 10-11-2009, 10:00 AM

I would suggest checking wheel bearings and your thorington bearing which are located inside your hubs.

whobub · 10-22-2009, 09:38 PM

Another thought/question. . .

Since it's a 4x4, are the hubs manual/automatic? Might be a bad hub or electronical/accidental engagement thereof; or associated bearing as alluded to by 'Taz4' and 'Flames'. Another guess could be the electronics behind it (4-wheel engagement switch) if it's "auto"--that is push a button from inside for the "convenience". Might be faulty???

It sounds like a classic front wheel engagement when you're in 4-wheel drive on hard pavement. So check there to see if one wheel/side might be engaging and the other not. Easy enough if manual (MUCH easier to troubleshoot)--just look at them.

If still going on this hunch, you'd have to have it placed on jack stands with all four wheels up in air, safe enough to test engaging/dis-engaging 4-wheel-drive (don't expect them all to turn

).

'Not sure if a code reader would catch anything on this unless it IS something electrical/switch related?

One final thing. . . how'd the OLD tires look???? If you know, studying the wear patttern might be more along the laundry list of items that 'Taz4' gave you with front-end parts (tie rods, ball joints, etc). If you bought them with the new tires on, then they may have been covering up what they already knew would be expensive work.

Just a lot of conjuecture on my part (and others). We're making lots of guesses here, but need your follow-up feedback to see how many cylinders we're hitting on. . . so to speak.

Good luck