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Old 07-27-2013 | 06:49 PM
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do you have a print out of the final alignment settings? To much positive caster can cause a shimmey (side to side movement) in the steering wheel but not a shake or hop which is up and down movement.
 

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Old 07-29-2013 | 09:50 AM
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Originally Posted by hanky
That might be the eccentric sleeves I was referring to earlier. Not too many shops carry them and can't really correct an alignment problem without them.
Do you know if the Ford tech road tested the truck to see exactly what your complaint was?
Yes he did and he felt the vibration at 65mph.
 
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Old 08-16-2013 | 04:57 PM
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Bear with me for a bit. A number of years ago a customer of mine had a similar problem. Wheel shaking at a certain speed. We did everything you did. Same result. Still shaking. Finally took the car out onto the highway with another car as an observer. When the original car began to shake, we looked all over from front to back. Difficult to do at 65 mph. the only thing out of the ordinary we saw was a loose front bumper. It was shaking at speed. Got back to the shop, found loose bumper bolts. tighten them up. Test drive. Shake was gone. Not saying this is your problem. Just saying try an observing car. What do you have to lose? Good luck!
 
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