Recent Content by JFortner5

I’ll give it a shot. I just don’t know if maybe the damper is moving on the rubber or heating up and making it wobble more. I know it’s a damper and not a balancer so I don’t really know what happens when it starts failing. The guy before me seems to have taken pretty good care of the truck...

It does it coasting but only in gear and the clutch engaged. If I push the clutch and the engine drops to idle it goes away.

I did leave out some important parts haha, I was in a hurry. This is not just one road so I don’t believe it’s a tire. It’s more of a low frequency vibration or pulse. I do have a higher frequency vibration at idle but it’s not terrible and I believe it’s just normal diesel vibration, but...

I’ve got a vibration that seems to come and go. It’s pretty much always there and sometimes I can feel it at idle. It mostly comes in around 1300rpm and is strongest around 1500, and seems to fade away ~1800. The truck is an 05 and has an NV5600. It doesn’t seem to be affected by load at...

I put the old girl to work this weekend. We left Birmingham on Saturday morning and headed down to Gulf State Park in Gulf Shores, AL for a nice long weekend at the beach. I’m really happy with the truck. It towed great, once I got up to speed out on the interstate I set the cruise at about...

New wheels are on my list for sure.

Well I bought it today. I’m so excited to have one of these trucks. I’ve loved them for 20 years. I hope I can get a few more out of this ole girl.

Thanks, I’m sorry I made multiple posts kind of about the same thing. We were supposed to do this deal last week but my friend from work backed out on me at the last minute and I’ve had too much time to rethink things. I think that if for some reason I don’t like the truck it would be pretty...

Well today is the day. I’m supposed to go get it this afternoon. I’ve got a 2011 Silverado 6.0L Vortec that it will replace. I’m a little nervous going to an older truck with higher miles. It will put some money in the bank and give me better towing performance but my stomach is in knots.

It is definitely an NV5600, reverse is to the right and up.

They are ridiculous. If it was 4wd I bet it would be $28k. Oh well got to pay to play. I think it will serve us well for towing.

Just to clarify from my first post, it’s not shaking the truck or shaking the doors. It’s not a low frequency like a miss it’s more of a buzz I guess. If I do purchase the truck I will be making money off of my current one and I will be putting some money back for injectors or any other...

I’m looking at a 2005 QCLB 4x2 with an NV5600. I have a couple of questions for you. Is it normal to feel a little vibration at idle? The drivers side mirror vibrates a little and I can feel it in the steering wheel. It’s nothing crazy it just feels a little like a tractor. It basically is...

Another update. We just got back from a 1500 mile trip throughout Florida and back home to Birmingham. We had a really good time. Averaged 7.5mpg for the whole trip. I manually shifted into 4th for most of the trip and just let it run at 3200rpm. It cruises along pretty good at that rpm at...

We had a really good time with the actual camping part. It took me about 30 minutes to set up once we got there. I have used my parents camper some in the past and had a little experience with getting everything connected so it wasn’t too big of a deal. We’re looking forward to the next trip...