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  1. BD431
    I had SRAs and a BAD vibration. Swapped my wheels and tires out for 20s with more SRAs. Truck rides fine now. Nice try, but don't spread ignorance for gospel.
  2. BD431
    Since a few posters on here were so quick to tell me that my vibration would be back after a few miles here I am... Driven about 1,000 miles since swapping my tires out from the factory 265/65/18 Goodyear SRA. Truck rides smooth as silk. No more vibrations. Really enjoying this truck.
  3. BD431
    Does it Goodyear SRA tires ?
  4. BD431
    So now we are theorizing.....
  5. BD431
    People are posting their dealings with GM. If they want to post that GM fixed it with tires than what is the harm in that ? Some of you guys on here are like miserable old women. Almost like you enjoy having a vibrating truck so you have something to whine about.
  6. BD431
    YA !!!!!! BREAK OUT THE PITCHFORKS !!!!!
  7. BD431
    I am not disagreeing that there is a problem with some people's trucks. My point is that it is not all doom and gloom with every Silverado like some posters would make it out to be on here. I also do not believe that this forum is an accurate representation of the whole populous of GM truck owners. I had five 14-15 Silverados in the shop this week including mine. I asked every owner if they had a shake or vibration and they all looked at me like I had a 3rd eyeball. So that means 0/5 people had a vibration problem. Does that really depict all Silverado owners ? No it doesn't. Just like this forum does not. Also, only 1 of those 5 people are on this forum, ME. Why did I join you ask ? Thats because I had a vibration in my truck. Getting back on topic, I just put my OEM 20" wheels on with new tires and guess what ? NO MORE vibration. My problem was fixed with tires. It was made better by my Chevy dealership and totally resolved with new tires.
  8. BD431
    Of course there is going to be more people with vibration problems on this forum. Do you really think that the people without the problem would sign up for a forum to read about other peoples problems ? I stumbled across this forum when I had a vibration, that was cleared up with tires. While I am not denying that there is a problem with SOME people's trucks. Some members on here act like GM is purposely out to get people and have since launched a witch hunt against GM. My dealership was nothing but helpful and they were willing to go to any length to fix the problem. They also were very honest in admitting that some peoples trucks had vibrations. As for the Tundra bed bounce, you are extremely nieve if you think that problem was fixed with body mounts. I owned one.
  9. BD431
    Just put my OEM 20" wheels on with 2" RC kit.
  10. BD431
    I had a Tundra. The body mounts fixed some peoples problems, other it did not. Read the same song and dance over their about people lemon law'ing their trucks and selling them. Also on the Willy bar, do you really want to ride around with 300 lbs in your bed to fix an engineering problem ?
  11. BD431
    This is coming from me, an ex Tundra owner. Look man, I am not trying to slight anybody that has a vibration issue but if you think that Ford/Dodge/Toyota is immune from this problem then I have an amazing bridge I would love to sell you. This is going back some years but before dealerships had the large service departments they had now they used to farm out a lot of the work. During that time Ford had a terrible vibration problem in a few of their models. The "fix" was to swap out the customers Firestone tires for Michelins. For the majority of the vehicles this fixed the problem or masked it, for some others it did not. My family's shop made a killing swapping out tires on these vehicles. Sound Familiar ?? Yes, my 2014 Silverado had a vibration issue at 73-80 mph. Yes, my problem was made better by tires. I am sorry for others that have not had their vibration issues solved with tires. That being said, I knew I would have tire problems as soon as I saw the truck had Goodyears tires on it. I literally cringed when I saw it. Low and behold, they were so out of round that 2 of them got thrown in the dumpster for new ones. As a common saying in the tire business goes, Goodyear has never had one good year, ever. The percentage of people that have a vibration is very small. The only ones you hear about are from the people on here who make up a fraction of the Silverado owners. There are thousands and thousands of owners driving around vibration free. In fact we had three 2014/15 Silverados in the shop today for oil changes and I asked every single one and they all had the same answer, their ride was smooth as glass.
  12. BD431
    you guys crack me up if you think only Chevys have a rough ride/vibration issue. Google toyota tundra bed bounce
  13. BD431
    Nice truck ! Looks great
  14. BD431
    So it solved your vibration problem or did it come back ? Your wording is a little misleading...
  15. BD431
    You wheels and tires do not change positions. Yes, briefly during a turn and suspension cycling but they return to a normal position. By RF balancing and replacing tires, the problem was made better. If that is not anymore proof it's in the tires idk what is.
  16. BD431
    ***UPDATE*** Got my truck back today, They ended up giving me 2 new tires and road force balancing all of them. After driving it I would say it is about 90% better. This comes as a big relief to me as I wanted to make sure the vibration was in the tires. It has a hint of a shake at 75 mph but overall it is way better. I don't too much care about these tires because they will be coming off in a week or so anyways. If I was going to keep my 18" wheels I would have made them buy me new michelins but it wasn't worth the time or effort. Just like the mechanic there said, the large majority of the "vibration issues" in these trucks is in the tires. They were very honest and stated that they could RF balance and change out the Goodyear SRAs until the cows came home but until you put a quality tires on, you will still have a slight shake somewhere. Like I have stated before, we REFUSE to sell Goodyears at our family shop because it is not worth the headache.
  17. BD431
    Also, I must add.... I drove a 2014 Silverado DC 2wd 6 cylinder home and it was smooth as glass all the way to 80 mph. It had Bridgestone Duelers on it, no Goodyear SRAs.
  18. BD431
    Here is little follow up from today. I arrived at the dealer and told them my problem, they were very open and honest about the problem. They said I am not the first one and they have had many trucks in for the same thing. They said that some are tires and some are caused by other things but they assured me that it would get fixed. They road force balanced all of my tires and said 1 obviously needed to be replaced and possibly 2. After the RF balance, we test drove it and I would say the problem I had was about 70% better (this was still with 1 or 2 bad tires). During the ride the mechanic was very honest and said that he has done this with a lot of trucks. He said that the majority of the time it's the tires and the Goodyear SRAs are complete junk. He said that even though they can road force all of them, until you replace the tires you will always have somewhat of a shake (just to what degree). That being said, they didn't have time to mount the new tires and try them out so i left my truck. They also said that they wanted it to be vibration free before they gave it back to me. I will find out more tomorrow but it sounds like they are willing to do whatever it takes to fix the problem.
  19. BD431
    WELL........ I thought I got lucky, however now with 1,000 miles my truck has developed the "shake". It is silky smooth up to about 72 mph and then bam it starts shaking. It seems to be worse some times more than others but it is the worst around 74-77 mph. It seems to get worse the faster I go all the way up through 80 mph. I have been around tires and trucks for a long time having grown up in an auto repair shop. To me the issue feels like a tire issue. The reason I say that is because i can also feel a shimmy in the steering wheel as wheel as an overall shake in the truck. I trued and balanced my Goodyear SRAs but still noticed a slight hop on the balance machine. Going to the dealer tomorrow morning to see what they can do for me. They mentioned that they have had this issue on a few of the trucks so it makes me somewhat optimistic about this. I can promise you one thing, there is NO way this shake can be considered "normal operation"
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