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How I fixed my shaking Silverado


John3219

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Hi all, I am new to being a member but not to this site as it has helped me many times now. 

I wanted to share my solution to my shaking Silverado. 

To make a long story short the dealer was no help after many tires, rims and balances. 

I take matters into my own hands and use dial indicators to check for out of round parts. 

What I find are non concentric wheel studs that cause my wheels and tires to appear out of round...

i ordered two Yukon axles and new wheel studs, install them and I am now a smooth riding happy camper! I hope this helps anyone who’s dealing with the same problem I was chasing.

 

Im sorry for the short post I’m limited on time. 

 

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Long story short my dealer was no help at all. They replaced my driveshaft and road force balanced the tires. At first I thought it was the crappy Goodyear tires, but I got Michelin's and the problem was still there. Just had my driveshaft balanced per the forum. It was a iron driveshaft and the guy could see where it would shake at high speeds. Got that correct and the shake is worse..... not bad, but worse then before. I'm going to measure the axles to see if they are out of round next. Can you tell me the Yukon axle and wheel stud part number? Also what rear end do you have? I have my fingers crossed that the axles are the problem! Thanks! 

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An easy quick check is to pull tires calipers and rotors, put it in drive while on jack stands and let it spin and visually check. 

I have the 9.5 rear I ordered these axles 

2014 Silverado 5.3 6sp a/t

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Perfect! Thank you for the information. I have a 2014 as well :). I was going to change my rear diff fluid here in a couple weeks, but I'm going to check the axles first before changing the fluid. Did you reuse the axle bearing and oil seal or did you get new ones?

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Took a chance and reused both... mainly becuase I only have 35k miles and took them in and out very gently without damaging the seals. Have been leek free *so far 

if it comforts you I’d at least do seals they are only 20$ or so

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Took a chance and reused both... mainly becuase I only have 35k miles and took them in and out very gently without damaging the seals. Have been leek free *so far 
if it comforts you I’d at least do seals they are only 20$ or so
That is awesome, you should reach out to GM corporate and let them know you figured out a fix that none if their engineers were able to.

Thank you for the info
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That is awesome, you should reach out to GM corporate and let them know you figured out a fix that none if their engineers were able to.

Thank you for the info


I considered doing exactly that but the dealer nor GM treated me very well and in short told me I was SOL and that’s how the truck is. They are on their own just as they left me on my own.
I’d much rather share it with owners searching for solutions.


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Off topic on my shake, after the axle and a diff fluid change to 75-90 my downshift clunk is minimal to the point that I only notice it if I’m listening for it

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Others before you have changed their out of rd axles for a fix. Thing is not everyone with the shakes has out of round axles

Glad you found a fix for yours

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Others before you have changed their out of rd axles for a fix. Thing is not everyone with the shakes has out of round axles
Glad you found a fix for yours

Yeah I figured that some people’s issues are different than mine. I just wanted to share my solution so that owners like myself can put it on their to do list of things to check or try for a repair


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