| NON GMC - minivan wheel vibration [message #108967] |
Sun, 19 December 2010 11:04  |
hertfordnc
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My wife's 2001 Towne & country has a disturbing vibration at cruise.
It resembles an out of balance tire but it's faster and it goes away when i take the load off, down hill or in neutral.
Trans is fairly new.
Vibration causes things to be blurry in the rearview mirror.
It's slowly getting worse since the last time I drove the car.
We are about to take a fairly long trip.
I would be grateful for some wil guesses
Thanks
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: [GMCnet] NON GMC - minivan wheel vibration [message #108987 is a reply to message #108970] |
Sun, 19 December 2010 12:49  |
hertfordnc
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But was the vibration constant or just uner load?
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: [GMCnet] NON GMC - minivan wheel vibration [message #109000 is a reply to message #108996] |
Sun, 19 December 2010 14:28 |
hertfordnc
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I really liked Mac's answer deliverd with such confidence. I'm halfway through swapping the axle. Need to go back for a bigger socket.
The tires are less than a year old. THe vibration has been there forever and just gotten incrementally worse.
The vibration is definately too fast to be a tire and it goes away completely when i coast.
I've had CV's go out on a few cars and it was always a click/knock while turning, but his makes sense also.
I'll know in another hour or so.
thanks
Dave & Ellen Silva
Hertford, NC
76 Birchaven, 1-ton and other stuff
Currently planning the Great american Road Trip Summer 2021
It's gonna take a lot of Adderall to get this thing right.
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| Re: [GMCnet] NON GMC - minivan wheel vibration [message #109004 is a reply to message #109000] |
Sun, 19 December 2010 14:40 |
James Hupy
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Years ago I had a VW GTI with the high performance Pirelli P6 tires. The VW
was lowered and had very stiff suspension & Koni struts & all the handling
mods of the time. My wife & I both drove like the Devil was closing in on us
from the rear. Those Pirelli tires always had a miserable vibration that
would shake the steering wheel. I tried different alignment specs & it
changed but never went away. I tried to get Pirelli to adjust the tires,
they looked at them and said they were within specs, and would do nothing
further. I pulled those suckers off and put on some European Continentals
that were rated for 120mph. Funny thing, all those wheel shake problems went
away. That GTI would handle like a bowling ball going down a mail chute
after that. That taught me to always suspect the tires first, and GMCs
aren't any different in that respect. Change out the fronts & see if the
problem goes away.
Jim Hupy
Salem, Or
78 Royale 403
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 12:28 PM, dave silva <david.j.silva@uscg.mil> wrote:
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> I really liked Mac's answer deliverd with such confidence. I'm halfway
> through swapping the axle. Need to go back for a bigger socket.
>
> The tires are less than a year old. THe vibration has been there forever
> and just gotten incrementally worse.
>
> The vibration is definately too fast to be a tire and it goes away
> completely when i coast.
>
> I've had CV's go out on a few cars and it was always a click/knock while
> turning, but his makes sense also.
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> I'll know in another hour or so.
>
> thanks
> --
> Dave & Ellen Silva
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> Happy owners of a 1972 Flatnose Revcon
> Here by the generosity of the GMC community
> http://www.davesilva.com/revcon
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| Re: [GMCnet] NON GMC - minivan wheel vibration [message #109023 is a reply to message #108967] |
Sun, 19 December 2010 17:04 |
Steven Ferguson
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I'm sure they've remedied it by now and stopped the practice but I had so
much road noise and vibration in my new Dodge PU that I took it to my
favorite alignment place. They inquired what the symptoms were, asked what
vehicle, and when I told them, they said that was normal for Chrysler
products with Goodyear Vector tires. The only way to stop the racket and
vibration was to buy new tires. (these had less than 10,000 miles on
them.) Because of that and bundles of other problems with the vehicle, I
dumped it within 6 mos but I watched the next two model years and they
continued to use those tires. I would get alongside a CC vehicle and roll
the window down and listen and man, I can't believe what people put up with.
The alignment shop called it hundreds of "mini" tread separations. I've
used those guys in San Diego for 30 plus years and they have never been
wrong so I tend to believe what they say.
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:04 AM, dave silva <david.j.silva@uscg.mil> wrote:
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> My wife's 2001 Towne & country has a disturbing vibration at cruise.
>
> It resembles an out of balance tire but it's faster and it goes away when i
> take the load off, down hill or in neutral.
>
> Trans is fairly new.
>
> Vibration causes things to be blurry in the rearview mirror.
>
> It's slowly getting worse since the last time I drove the car.
>
> We are about to take a fairly long trip.
>
> I would be grateful for some wil guesses
>
> Thanks
> --
> Dave & Ellen Silva
>
>
> Happy owners of a 1972 Flatnose Revcon
> Here by the generosity of the GMC community
> http://www.davesilva.com/revcon
>
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Sierra Vista, AZ
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| Re: [GMCnet] NON GMC - minivan wheel vibration [message #109056 is a reply to message #109023] |
Sun, 19 December 2010 20:45 |
Jim Galbavy
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Steve,
The mechanic at the Chrysler dealership told me just about the same thing, only wasn't quite sure who had a replacement tire in my size. That and when they replace tires thru the parts dept., Good Year is who they contract with. Go figure.....
At least now I know what to look for.
jim G
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