Vibration

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deskjet894

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Hello,
I have a 1934 Ford V8 pickup. When driving at times the whole front of the pickup vibrates very harsh. I am forced to pull over and slow down until the vibration goes away. I am new to early Fords and could use your help.
Thank You
Bill
 
Sounds like something in the front end of the car has issues:
Tie rod ends in the tie rod or the drag link, loose front bearings?
 
Hi Bill, welcome.
I have spent a couple of months chasing the Death Wobble on my 34 pickup so can sympathise with you.
I got a lot of advise from this site ( search death wobble). To give you some ideas I did the following.; Get someone to wobble steering back and forth with wheels on the ground while you crawl around and starting at the steering box, check for play or undue movement, in all the components.
Jack up front wheels and check for end play in bearings, then spin wheels and sight along the outside edge to see if there is any wobble in the wheel or tire.
All these things add up to starting the wobble when you hit a bump and a harmonic seems to get going.
I adjusted steering box, tightened drag link springs and tie rod end springs, reset wheel alignment ( toe in), tightened front spring bolts,replaced rubber ball on wishbone, removed end play in wheel bearings, and lastly replaced both front tires with new ones even though there was plenty of tread they had gone hard and walls had deformed.
I finally seem to have beaten the problem so good luck
Dave
 

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Check for worn components in the front end. Any wear will magnify vibration caused by out of balance tires.

Jack up the front wheels and grab the tires at the top and bottom and try to move them by tipping the top and bottom in and out. This will check your king pins for wear. There should be no movement.

Check the tie rods and drag link by lowering one wheel to the ground and trying to turn the other wheel left to right by grabbing the wheel at the front and back. Again there should be no movement. If there is check to see where the movement is and repalce the worn components.
 
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