Friday, July 22, 2011

Vibrations (part 3) + New Tires

It seems that regardless of what I do, I may always have some sort of vibrations in this truck. I recently had to have the driveshaft rebuilt again. This tome I took the shaft to a guy in Pittsburg who was highly recommended (I forget where I got his info though). He even had parts shipped over from Japan for me. He has to replace the slip yoke entirely. The splines were all chewed up. But it is OEM and back to the condition it was in nearly 20 years ago. Awesome!

I also got some new tires: 33x12.5x15 ProComp Xtreme MT's. The road noise is loud and I love it. They also performed well at Hollister last summer. They balanced better than my old 31x10.5x15 BFG AT's which helped the vibration issue a little.




The front shaft still needs some work, but it's also only used in 4WD so it's not all that major of a concern for me. So far hasn't broken on me but contributes to the never-ending vibe issue. Time and money always seem to be in short supply. Ah well.