Vibration in front of truck after 6" lift??

[ZMock]

Does anyone know what vibration would be in the front of the truck after I put a 6" lift and 37's on a 2006 Mega Cab. It feels like the front driveline? Does that turn at all times, just not engaged in 2WD? What can be done to fix this.

 

[ZMock]

Sorry, the vibration is at speeds of 15-20mph.

 

[island8]

If its low end take off shutter it's the carrier bearing, it it's high speed it's the front drive shaft. Sounds like you need to shim down the carrier bearing. Hope that helps.

 

[Task125]

check all u joints,my truck was fine then I put leveling kit on with 35s and had a nasty vib. the front rear u joint was shot. must have been close to going and lift and tires through it over the edge

 

[Dodge-Tech]

Mine did the same thing after the lift. If it's a Superlift, make sure it came with a lowered bracket to drop the transmission and transfer case down. The vibration is most likely the angle of the front driveshaft, which always turns. Early build Superlift kits didn't come with the bracket, you would just have to call them for it. Now with the drop bracket and Toyo tires, the truck is vibration-free all the way to 90 mph!

 

[ZMock]

Is that the transfer case indexing ring that drops the front to create a better front driveline angle? I already have shimmed out the rear carrier bearing for the 2 piece driveline and it didn't do a thing. It still has a shutter/ vibration under load around 18-23 MPH or coasting up to 30 MPH, but not as bad coasting. After 30 MPH, it rides great?

 

[ZMock]

By the way, the truck had 2000 miles on it when I put the lift on, so I doubt it is a failed u joint or other part but since it only happened right after I put the lift in.

 

[ADouglas]

Did you put rear lift blocks in ? if so are they in the right direction? Pinion should be pointed up and not down. Also found that when installing carrier bearing spacers you should put all of them in, drive it and see if any change is noticed, if their is no change then you know its not from drive-line vibration. If it does change start taking shims out until vibration goes away. One other thing is that you need to make certain that who ever removed the rear drive shaft that that it did not come apart. If it did it may be indexed incorrectly.

 

[ZMock]

Ya, the vibration is coming from the front and not the rear. I think it must be the front driveline. That is the only thing that makes halfway sense to me now. I just don't know what bracket to get to change the angle or should I have the front driveline remade? Thanks for all the input.

 

[ADouglas]

Take out front drive shaft and make sure problem goes away. When I lift chevy trucks with auto 4x4 I have my local drive-line shop fabricate me a new drive-shaft for the front with a double cardan joint (cv).

 

[onesloryd]

You are probably binding the CV. Call Jesse at High Angle Driveline, he is makes a drive shaft that should take care of that problem.

http://www.highangledriveline.com/

 

[klenger]

Note to self: No lift kits.