07 f150 vibrating!!!
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07 f150 vibrating!!!
07 f150 supercab 4x4 with auto tranny.
when i put the truck in reverse and start moving, the truck squeaks loudly from underneath. when i put it in drive the truck sometimes makes a popping noise. when i start moving forward slowly the truck sometimes makes the same squeaking noise. when i get on the highway, once i get up to about 20 the truck starts vibrating(i feel it in my seat and steering wheel and i can Definitely hear it), when i let off the gas it stops the vibration. the faster i go the more violent the vibration is. when i get up to 65 the sound of the vibration gets very loud and this speed is where you can feel it the worst. also, once i get to 65-70 i can let off the gas and it will NOT stop vibrating, until my speed drops to 62 and the vibration will stop again... until i press the gas again that is.
i'm hoping it's just my U-joints but i'm far from a mechanic.... anybody heard of this before??
when i put the truck in reverse and start moving, the truck squeaks loudly from underneath. when i put it in drive the truck sometimes makes a popping noise. when i start moving forward slowly the truck sometimes makes the same squeaking noise. when i get on the highway, once i get up to about 20 the truck starts vibrating(i feel it in my seat and steering wheel and i can Definitely hear it), when i let off the gas it stops the vibration. the faster i go the more violent the vibration is. when i get up to 65 the sound of the vibration gets very loud and this speed is where you can feel it the worst. also, once i get to 65-70 i can let off the gas and it will NOT stop vibrating, until my speed drops to 62 and the vibration will stop again... until i press the gas again that is.
i'm hoping it's just my U-joints but i'm far from a mechanic.... anybody heard of this before??
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I haven't heard of it before. If it were my truck, I would've driven it straight to the shop to get it checked out and fixed, before a bad situation potentially turned into a worse situation. Hope you get it figured out and fixed soon!
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Agree, sounds most likely the parking brake is not released fully for some reason. Rusty cables, linkage, weak or broken springs?
Once had same problem on a Chevrolet PU and in my case it was a rusty parking brake cable and spring wouldn't pull it all way off.
Thing is with these trucks, the parking brake shoes are very small as they are not service brakes,and if not released they wear fast will quickly cut into the drum portion of rear hub and cut a groove in it and may lead to a rotor seperating under hard braking if cut bad enough.
If not that, depending on how well you describe it, could be a frozen universal joint or a bad center carrier bearing if it has one.
In any case ..... get it checked yesterday.
Once had same problem on a Chevrolet PU and in my case it was a rusty parking brake cable and spring wouldn't pull it all way off.
Thing is with these trucks, the parking brake shoes are very small as they are not service brakes,and if not released they wear fast will quickly cut into the drum portion of rear hub and cut a groove in it and may lead to a rotor seperating under hard braking if cut bad enough.
If not that, depending on how well you describe it, could be a frozen universal joint or a bad center carrier bearing if it has one.
In any case ..... get it checked yesterday.
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From: Cabot, AR
AprilnJax,
Sounds like a parking brake sticking or a U-Joint. Get it checked ASAP. Hopefully you have a fixable issue vs. the constant Gremlin issue I have had for the last 4K miles that no one can seem to figure out.
James
Sounds like a parking brake sticking or a U-Joint. Get it checked ASAP. Hopefully you have a fixable issue vs. the constant Gremlin issue I have had for the last 4K miles that no one can seem to figure out.
James