Hello everyone. I have some issues with my 2012 Volvo Ishift. Truck starting to vibrate on the speeds higher than 60 mph, vibration is high frequent and feels like coming from the back (steering wheel almost not shaking) more like side to side shaking, like my rear tires not round bur squares, even if I put it on neutral it still the same. It worse while empty or bobtail, and almost no vibrations under the load. What could it be bad tires, driveshaft or something else??
I asked my friend to drive it and I was driving around by my car trying to see which tire is bad or where vibration coming from but no luck, from outside everything looks fine.
Thanks for your help
Need advice vibration
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by maxya1986, Mar 24, 2015.
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Here's a similar recent thread that has many tips for troubleshooting.
Truck Hopping After New Drive Tires
I'll add,, a "high frequency" vibration is usually less indicative of tire problems,
and more indicates other things in the driveline such as u-joints, driveshaft, and carrier bearings (if any).
I'm not saying it isn't in the tires being out of round or out of balance, it's just less likely in "high frequency" vibrations. -
I've been this route and it can be so many things you'll pay a fortune trying to solve it. Most everyone will just want you to throw money at the problem replacing this and that until they fix it.
Wheel bearings
Shocks
Ride height
Wheels
Tires
Drive shaft out of balance
U-Joints
Worn out rubber bearings
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I think that's a tires, there is cheap chinese tires installed on the rear. I will check tires first
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Most tires with a U.S. logo are made in China!
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I know, but those are real chinese tires with some unknown brand on 'em. Since it's vibrating while empty only I think it's caused by tires
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Check the U-Joints, and especailly the slip yoke driveline. Many forget to grease that. They always grease the U-joints but forget the Slip shaft. Everytime when Im asking personally to the symptoms you desrcibe, its always what I just mentioned.
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There was a problem with Volvo air suspension leveling system, you should check this valves on the drive axles.
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Easiest way to find out if it's drive line or chassis is to take the axle shafts out and run the drivetrain up to where the vibration occurs. Easiest and quickest way to know if it's chassis or driveline.
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That's a very interesting idea. I've never heard of that. Have you actually done this? Would you get oil flying out past the bearings when you've got it rotating at high speeds?
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