Truck Has Shake At 60mph

[Georgebaumann]

so i have a 2002 gmc sierra 4x4 with a 3in bl and a 2in add a leaf in the rear and a torsion key leveling kit in the front. the truck shakes around 60 mph and i had the tires balanced to make sure that that wasnt it. what else could it possibly be?

 

also just recently i started feeling a clicking in the steering wheel whenever i turn the wheel but more when i turn left. what could this be?

 

any help is appreciated

thanks

george

[Matt_]

check the CV axles. A bad CV axle can cause both issues (especially on a cranked front end)

[Georgebaumann]

yah thats wat i was thinking since i replaced both hub assemblies about 5k miles ago

[Georgebaumann]

YAH i checked my cv exles today and the boot on my passenger side cv is ripped.(probably from offroading) looks like im gonna be buying 2 new ones for th the hell of it.

[Matt_]

Eh, that's a common failure for any CV axle that's going on 10 years old. CV boot eventually tears from general use, lets grease escape, joint goes bad. It's just the life cycle of a CV...

 

Putting the axles in yourself?

[Georgebaumann]

yah im probably gonna do it my self. i dont think it would be that hard. i was just wondering how i should go about doing it. i think i was able to pull the cv axle out once i took off the hub assembly and unbolted it. is there an eqasier way?

[blacksierra01]

Take off the jam nut on the end of the shaft, unbolt the flanges at the diff, pull old axel out slide new one in.

[Matt_]

Take off the jam nut on the end of the shaft, unbolt the flanges at the diff, pull old axel out slide new one in.

 

x2, you don't need to take the hub off.

[Georgebaumann]

Ook sounds easy enough. im gonna get them on monday through my job at jeep for like $100 for both

[Matt_]

Ook sounds easy enough. im gonna get them on monday through my job at jeep for like $100 for both

 

You work at a jeep dealer??

 

If so, we need to talk....

[Georgebaumann]

Ya i work at freehold chrysler jeep