Today I noticed a light vibration in the steering wheel I just had the tires rotated and balanced last week so it has to be something else any thoughts on what it could be.

 

I had this problem with a ranger and found it was a bad U-joint. That was after I spent $500 on new tires thinking they were bad.

 

If its just when braking then suspect warped rotors. If its at a more or less constant speed then maybe lost a wheel weight.

 

the place that did the rotationand balance didn't set the balancing machine low enough. It needs to be set to 1/4 ounce or less. They set them higher because it makes the job easier.

also if you haven't rotated in a long time the tire that are now on the front are a little cupped and will vibrate for a while until they wear off the cupping.

good luck-

 

It sounds like you did not notice the vibration until after a few days.
It could be as simple as one of the wheel weights came off. That can happen.

 

I notice it at highway speeds 60 and up.

 

As far as I know, on the spin balancers we have, we have no sensitivity settings. At least none externally. The weights it calls for start as low a 1/4 ounce.

I would have them re-balanced.

 

what kind of tires do you have?

before I got my BFG's I had Firestone HT's (Stock on the truck)and no matter what I did I could not get them to stop shaking at around 60-65! After countless re-balancing including $150.00 balancing on a road force balancer (Paid by dealer) I just gave up until it was time to buy new tires!

Now the truck is smooth as glass!

Good luck-

 

The type of tires is a good bet also. I thought from your first post that you had these on for a while and only noticed the vibration after you had them rotated.

Goodyear wranglers are also ones that can be a pain to balance.

 

The tires are BFG Long Trails T/A's they have about 20,000 miles on them and have been rotated about every 5,000 miles so far.

 

Have the balance checked again, BFG are usually a very good tire.

 

I have the long trails and they are very smooth. Were the tires smooth before this last rotation?

When I was having trouble with my firestones my dealer discovered my idler arm was bad, they replaced it and it got rid of a lot of vibration.

good luck-

 

Tires are smooth had the balance rechecked they checked out fine it may be the shocks or something else truck just went over 63,000 and still has oem shocks on it.