i had a vibration like that last year it lasted for 7 months until the front rear chewed off 3 rig teeth ended up the back pinon bearing went bad
Vibration no one can find
Discussion in 'Trucks [ Eighteen Wheelers ]' started by hrdman2luv, Apr 24, 2010.
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I looked a little closer and found that on the front differential, there were two tags. Was was blacked out with some very thick paint. The other tag, was the Meritor tag, that you could read. And it stated 3.73 ratio.
The rear drive only had one tag. It was also blacked out. So I took my wire wheel and brushed off the paint and found some numbers, but under the ratio, it was blank. No ratio was listed.. Just like the front tag that was blacked out, no ratio listed....
The tags that were blacked out, I didn't see anything that sayed Meritor...ironhand Thanks this. -
Try this as a test Pull Drive Shaft between the rear ends. Then see if the Vibration goes away. If so you might have a mismatched set of rear end Ratios. Asked a old foreman of mine if it can happen it does. They just had a Brand New T660 show up with a Front diff at 3.33 rear was 3.79 man that driver was SCREAMING. From what your describing sounds like one is a 3.73 and one could be a 3.75 close but NO CIGAR. Drop a Matched set of Remans in with the same ratio say 3.73 and I can almost bet you it will fix the issue.
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I don't think that's possible. Two different ratios, one would lock up and shear pinion teeth off. No vibration just a loud snap.ironhand Thanks this.
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injector? maybe one going bad or do you have good smooth power thru all gears?
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I tend to agree with this statement. This is a stumper and we will all lose sleep until you get it resolved
Further more, I will continue scratching my head as I am sure the rest are pondering this with you. Baffling.....
halfburn, blanco and hrdman2luv Thank this. -
That would not necessarily preclude it being harmonics caused by engine vibration. Once the vehicle gets the vibration the wave has to cancel itself out.
But hey your truck. Out of curiosity did you check all your motor mounts and frame connections? I still find it more likely than mismatched gearing left undiscovered for a few hundred thousand miles. -
Wonder if the driver's side sags causing a weight and balance problem? No time for political correctness here we have a problem to solve.

As a side note some people deal with vibration problems better than others. I worked at a auto tire dealership and we did. It is a team effort which is what most places don't do. -
Mine's the same way under load. No idea what's going on there. I asked Kenworth about it and they had no idea either.
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your front rear will run hotter than the back rear more gears to turn.
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