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    Great Ill have my mechanic look at it and replace them. Thats what i was thinking as well. Ill have the carrier bearing done as well.
     
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    appreciate the feedback fellas. ill report back after the findings.
     
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    Allways ck. by looking at all u.joint for the wet ends on all u/joint caps just to be sure mec. did job by greasing all joints look center slide of drive shaft for grease on both of them to?
     
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    Drop the air out of your airbags when it starts doing it, just for a few seconds and see if that helps. Maybe a faulty leveling valve. Even if new, they are junk any more IMHO
     
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    I will i really appreciate your help on this.
     
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    Got under the truck today and the carrier bearing has a lot of play in it. Going to have my mechanic order a new one up and replace them it. Should I do u joints as well while its apart no idea how old they are?
     
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    Yes do that, the U-joint kits come with caps and bolts.

    Glad you were able to locate some of the issue. Hopefully it's just confined to the carrier bearing.
     
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    Make sure your driveshaft slip is greaseable. I just replaced all u joints, carrier and driveshaft. it solved most of it. Had to replace all my drives and steers because the damage was already done to them from shaking down the road.
     
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    Ya my tires are all new with in the last 10,000 miles and show no uneven wear cupping ect. Ya I think that's what's causing it because it's intermittent and speed variable.
     
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    Same here. Only had heel toe wear on the drives and steers looked perfect.