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MRW412 Enthusiast

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You still wanna send me your old axles? I will pay to ship them to me, let me know

 

 

Yeah I do, I'll try to get an estimate on shipping and I'll pm you

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Well folks, I did it. After all the failed attempts at the Chevy dealer I traded it in for a 2015 Ram 1500 Larame. I have to agree with the other folks on here that have done the same thing, it was th

mafd2
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Apparently you and the other customer reps don't care. If you or GM would care y'all would put more effort in the matter. Just coming on the forum and stating the same repetitive posts and being a 3

DALaws
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Well I have some good news and bad news about my truck vibrations. Good news is that my truck has a significantly less vibration at speed. The bad news is my truck has significantly less vibration. Fo

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kurt1305 Enthusiast

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Well, damn. Tomorrow I drop my three week old 2016 Sierra 1500 SLE Crew Cab with 950 miles off for 3-5 days of evaluation for the shakes. I expected a service appointment with tire balancing or maybe even replacement. Sounds like they are going full-monty right off the bat.

abominable z71 Enthusiast

abominable z71

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It ended up being right at $650 for axles, seals, fluid, and lug nut studs.

Not bad to have a smooth riding vehicle. i'm sure GM and a dealer would say there is now way that's causing the problem but it sounds like it may be the problem. I'm going to wait until you have more time on the road with it and possibly go down the same path. The castings for the hub are just plain sloppy and I bet unbalanced even beyond just the edge of the hub face not running true I'm willing to bet the thickened portion of the casting where the studs come through are even out of whack. Its like the raw cast wasn't centered when it went into the machining center for facing and hole operations so you get a center hole with the studs properly centered but offset on the actual hub center, if that's the case you want be able to balance them by just turning the outer edge in a lathe.

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Well, damn. Tomorrow I drop my three week old 2016 Sierra 1500 SLE Crew Cab with 950 miles off for 3-5 days of evaluation for the shakes. I expected a service appointment with tire balancing or maybe even replacement. Sounds like they are going full-monty right off the bat.

 

Kurt,

 

Did you have the vibration right from the start or did it progress after some higher speed highway miles? I ask because many here don't witness it until a few thousand miles and some have it right away and it's hard to put a finger on it. Any imbalance would be felt right away while shifting steel tire belts or wheel balance, if that's a cause, would and could happen progressively or a different speeds.

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Kurt,

 

Did you have the vibration right from the start or did it progress after some higher speed highway miles? I ask because many here don't witness it until a few thousand miles and some have it right away and it's hard to put a finger on it. Any imbalance would be felt right away while shifting steel tire belts or wheel balance, if that's a cause, would and could happen progressively or a different speeds.

I noticed it slightly on the test drive but attributed it to flat spots on the tires from sitting. I knew nothing about the vibration issue and called with 150 miles on the odometer. At 1,000 miles it remains exactly the same. Their response that they needed 3-5 days to diagnose prompted me to start searching for why.

EspoMan Enthusiast

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I did some heavy hauling/towing recently. My bed had at least 800 pounds in it, and I was hauling a trailer with cargo weighing around 5,000 pounds. My truck still shook. At certain speeds the center console shook like it always does. Many friends always told me that if I loaded the bed it would be fine. Nope. She was fully loaded and still shook.

SilvgMc2017 Enthusiast

SilvgMc2017

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Well, damn. Tomorrow I drop my three week old 2016 Sierra 1500 SLE Crew Cab with 950 miles off for 3-5 days of evaluation for the shakes. I expected a service appointment with tire balancing or maybe even replacement. Sounds like they are going full-monty right off the bat.

Where are you feeling the shake? Floor, seat back, steering wheel?

kurt1305 Enthusiast

kurt1305

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Where are you feeling the shake? Floor, seat back, steering wheel?

Seat and steering wheel. I could duplicate any number of U-Tube videos showing a water bottle shaking in the console. It occurs at about 50 mph and again at about 75 mph.

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Anthony Seleno Enthusiast

Anthony Seleno

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Called my dealer today asking for an update (been in 27 days straight) and informed me that swapping the driveshaft corrected the problem. It has now spent 38 days total in the shop and vibrating since delivery and it took them this long to try something other than tires!!! Was the driveshaft swap successful for others? I am going to pick it up tonight or tomorrow.

wirechild Enthusiast

wirechild

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I had mine trued and it fixed the shake.

 

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I can't find any place local that does that so I am looking at ordering an aftermarket one, seems like an easy place to start for me.

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Schmidt152 Enthusiast

Schmidt152

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Update on my end. Dealership wanted to change brand of tires but GM wants an engineer to look at more PICO data. Dealership had my truck for the day while they collected more data. Apparently they didn't measure everything the first time. On another not I had a 2017 loaner double cab LT z71. The tires were Goodyear wrangler H/T's. Haven't seen this as a stock option till now? Maybe GM is going to ditch the SR-A garbage? Anyways, I hope they detect something because this 2017 rode way better. I mean night and day. No vibration in the steering wheel and I drove it for about 3 hours total had 900 miles on it when I picked it up. Asked if I could keep this one and they could keep mine Lol. The saga continues....

Update on my end. Dealership wanted to change brand of tires but GM wants an engineer to look at more PICO data. Dealership had my truck for my the day while they collected more data. Apparently they didn't measure everything the first time. On another not I had a 2017 loaner double cab LT z71. The tires were Goodyear wrangler H/T's. Haven't seen this as a stock option till now? Maybe GM is going to ditch the SR-A garbage? Anyways, I hope they detect something because this 2017 rode way better. I mean night and day. No vibration in the steering wheel and I drove it for about 3 hours total had 900 miles on it when I picked it up. Asked if I could keep this one and they could keep mine Lol. The saga continues....

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