I've had vibration at 60+ mph and when I let off gas I get small viberation as well. I have the general grabbers and have gone about 10k without balancing them has anyone else had this issue with them?? I had michelins and never had to balance them but they're an all road tire. I had differential service done last week everything was good there.
Vibration at 60+ mph
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tmcintosh3
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You definitely need to balance them...
Could also be drive shaft or pinion bearing. How thorough was the diff service? If they just checked/replaced fluids they may not have checked for bearing play. I had a small vibration on my '94 last week and it turned out to be a slightly loose pinion bearing. Snugged it up, restaked the nut, and it's fine now.
I had the same issue for the longest time. Thought it was the tires, bought new tires, same issue, balanced, always checked out right, until I was told I had a bad front wheel bearing. I had the 2 front wheel bearings changed from an independent Toyota shop and couldn't believe the night and day difference in how it drives. No more vibrations!
Silver_midlife_t4r
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I'm new to t4r's, but my land cruiser had the same issue (at 55 mph). I replaced all the U-joints, and it was gone.
DuvallRunner
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have to second Ventil8's experience. my rig started vibrating at about 63-66 mph. had the front wheel bearing/hubs replaced and it is so solid now, couldn't believe the difference.
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Scott
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Scott
z28forlife
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Did you have your tire road forced balanced? Just balancing tires sometimes isn't enough. The road force puts a load on the tire to simulate weight and shows the amount of imbalance between the tire and rim. I have 32's and I road forced them, it was really high so I know I can expect some vibration above 65 and I do. Sometimes you can move the tire to a specific spot on the wheel and it'll bring it down but in my case they were to high. Only thing I could do is get new tires or wheels.
Had the tires balances that helped a little bit he said I had two tires a little out of balance. I'm close to a driveshaft place I'll see if my driveshaft is out of balance and U joints are all in good shape. They're all aftermarket and not OEM been down that road before with other parts not holding up well
RockyRider
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I just helped a buddy fix this on his 5th gen. It was the drivers side wheel bearing. It was not easy to replace. It required a press and lots of skill to have it done right.
