Vibration while driving down the road

Could be anything. Nobody can tell you what the problem is from behind a keyboard. You'll get a bunch of guesses. Take the truck to a good spring shop. There are endless threads here about this. Probably one posted every week.

 

Every truck Ive driven where the steering wheel shook like that it was kingpins needed replaced...

 

I had a steering output shaft break, the one exotong the steering gear box, shop kept saying nothing wromg, till one night whrn ot made itself evident as to where the vibration came from. Cost them the tractor and trailers when the tractor rolled over. 3 weeks of write ups for vibration from the front end between 45 and 60 mph

 

Don’t guess, bring it to a good shop and have them go through it.

 

Your truck? Company truck?

 

Company truck, brand new Cascadia. CHP listed the defextive output shaft as the cause of the accident, when it snapped I lost my steering at 60 mph. Not an idael situation, glad to be a live, got to meet my guardian angel, since he assist me getting out of the wreck, and no one was around for miles after I was out.

 

I had mine replaced with an alignment as well. Drives amazingly better now.

 

My two cents: classic front-end issue

Most of the time a vibration at highway speed is related to your steer tires. The most common cause is the tires being out of balance. also check for any irregular wear patterns like cupping

If balancing doesn't solve it, I'd check the suspension components like kingpins and tie rod ends for looseness or wear

The fact that the truck was pulling to the right before it started suggests alignment issue, which could have caused the tires to wear unevenly and lead to the vibration. Anyway I would start by getting the steer tires balanced, as that is the most likely and least expensive fix

 

There could be a couple things at play. I went 12k into a vibration I had early on that ended up being worn out saddle plates from loose u bolts. Don't be me Check the free or cheap things first... U bolts, tires, alignment, steady bearing, u joints, make sure slip shaft isnt siezed.