Truck vibrates/shakes when fuel tanks are low on fuel

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  1. spsauerland

    spsauerland Road Train Member

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    Kingpin depth the same?
     
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  3. Cabinover101

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    Did you balance your tires? I use the removable tru balance centering pins and also have Counteract balancing beads inside my old tires. Works Great!
    -also in near future I am going to try a liquid type balance inside the tires of another trailer as an alternative.
     
  4. Slow302

    Slow302 Medium Load Member

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    Are you talikin about kingpin on trailer or on steer axle ??
     
  5. spsauerland

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  6. Slow302

    Slow302 Medium Load Member

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    I had Centramatics on trailer but i remove them a few months ago since the were 9 years old and they were cracked. I just installed Tru Ballance sleves on trailer ones that centers drums and wheels. It helped for like 30 miles and vibration came back. One or more tires is run out. Imt thinkin buying Radial run out gauge from Tru ballance or just try to ballance all trailer tires
    Even without centering sleves truck dont vibrate in the morning. It would take 10 miles to start vibrating. So maybe until tires or bearings warm up
     
  7. Slow302

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    Trailer is standard 2016 Wabash dry van with hendrickson Vantraax 15158 40k/20k
    5th wheel is Fontaine No slack 6000 series that i rebuild a few months ago. Also changed 2 years ago when i bought this truck i changed AWB sllider from 8-3/4 to 6-3/4 because i was over 13.6". Replacement was new Fountain part.
    5th is adjust to 1/4 free play on adjusting bolt just like Fountain says
     
  8. spsauerland

    spsauerland Road Train Member

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    I was asking if kingpin offset was same on both trailers.
     
  9. Slow302

    Slow302 Medium Load Member

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    I think it was about same. Ill measure his trailer when i get home. I know for ste his kingpin wasnt deeper than mine.
    Btw my 5th wheel sitts right between axle. If i move any forward ill be overweight on steers on 45k lbs load. I tried sliding 5th wheel forward and back but still get vibrations
     
  10. Slow302

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  11. Slow302

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    My kingpin is abuot 34.5" from edge of trailer
     
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