Strange bouncing from the steer axle... 🤷🏻‍♀️

706581

{"replyTo":"","text":"Oh.. and that sounds like a failing ball joint on the tie rod.","replyToPid":0}

599477

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706581 发表于 2019-09-11 16:59:42 You ok Mexarician? Hope you were not in Sioux Falls last night. .. that’s your running territory. Haven’t seen a post from you.

","text":"I’m okay, I went through there after it died down a bit 😁 I’ve been pretty boring though, nothing interesting to post. "}

599477

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706581 发表于 2019-09-11 17:01:51 Oh.. and that sounds like a failing ball joint on the tie rod.

","text":"Thanks, I’ll get that checked out too😁","replyToPid":206020}

706581

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599477 发表于 2019-09-11 17:09:39 Thanks, I’ll get that checked out too😁

","text":"Could also be a bad shock... or shock mount","replyToPid":206027}

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599477 发表于 2019-09-11 16:57:57 Mitchell, SD now. You? 😁

","text":"home for a few then headed east for morning","replyToPid":206016}

760648

{"replyToPid":0,"replyTo":"","text":"The tire wear pattern would suggest drive axle misalignment or an incorrect thrust angle. If the drive axles are aimed at a slight angle, the steering tires have to compensate hence the wear pattern of the inside of one tire and the outside of the other.\nIn this situation the edge of the tire scrubs slightly going down the highway and soon starts a lumpy wear pattern."}

599477

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760648 发表于 2019-09-13 11:32:50 The tire wear pattern would suggest drive axle misalignment or an incorrect thrust angle. If the drive axles are aimed at a slight angle, the steering tires have to compensate hence the wear pattern of the inside of one tire and the outside of the other.\nIn this situation the edge of the tire scrubs slightly going down the highway and soon starts a lumpy wear pattern.

","text":"I don’t notice it wearing lumpy though....","replyToPid":207048}

760648

{"replyTo":"","text":"Most steering axle drive ability issues are not immediately visible. The simple test I use is to jack up the suspected tire, place a block 1/4” away and spin the tire. Some one previously mentioned out of round tires, I believe, I refer to this as runout. Spinning a tire against a block gives a visual perception of the variation in a tire’s circumference. I think all tires have a slight amount of runout; some have a tolerable level. \nWhen I replace my steer tires, I always check this and try to minimize it by remounting the tire on the wheel and also adjusting the position of the wheel on the hub.\nThere are products made by Tru Balance to help center the wheel on the hub, but I think they are solving only part of the equation. The tire runout isn’t factored in.\nWhen a tire is mounted on a wheel, proper lubrication is imperative to ensure that it centers correctly.\nApologies for all the techno-nitpickieness.\n\nTakeaway \n1. The tire is literally where the rubber hits the road.\n2. Who woulda thunk tire changing is half art/ half science??😆","replyToPid":0}

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760648 发表于 2019-09-14 15:46:14 Most steering axle drive ability issues are not immediately visible. The simple test I use is to jack up the suspected tire, place a block 1/4” away and spin the tire. Some one previously mentioned out of round tires, I believe, I refer to this as runout. Spinning a tire against a block gives a visual perception of the variation in a tire’s circumference. I think all tires have a slight amount of runout; some have a tolerable level. \nWhen I replace my steer tires, I always check this and try to minimize it by remounting the tire on the wheel and also adjusting the position of the wheel on the hub.\nThere are products made by Tru Balance to help center the wheel on the hub, but I think they are solving only part of the equation. The tire runout isn’t factored in.\nWhen a tire is mounted on a wheel, proper lubrication is imperative to ensure that it centers correctly.\nApologies for all the techno-nitpickieness.\n\nTakeaway \n1. The tire is literally where the rubber hits the road.\n2. Who woulda thunk tire changing is half art/ half science??😆

","text":"Haha I appreciate all your tire art/science 😆 isn’t that sort of what they do when you get them balanced? I watched them do it and it kinda sounds similar. I even went as far as to replace the suspected wheel. And tires of course. Tru Balance? That’s definitely something I haven’t checked out yet. Thank you so much. ","replyToPid":207648}

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{"replyTo":"","text":"did you ever figure out what was causing the bouncing?","replyToPid":0}