Help! '05 3500 Ram has the shimmy-shakes
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It's a 2 wheel drive/4 door Cummins.. The shaking started gradually, maybe a year or so ago. Recent road trips of about 4,000 miles have made the truck pretty much un-driveable. Accelerating fast really gets it shaking. The steering wheel goes side to side.. Today, I removed the front wheels and checked the steering, ball joints and tie rods. They seem to be tight...that is, no play is visible. I checked the carrier bearing and it seems pretty loose. U-joints are tight... While I was under the truck I did notice diesel fuel dripping from a line coming off the firewall(engine) filter. Hopefully a filter change will fix that Would the (driveshaft)carrier bearing cause it to behave this way? oh...and I didn't check the motor mounts yet...
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Re: Help! '05 3500 Ram has the shimmy-shakes
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I thought I did.... I replaced the upper ball joints 3 years ago and have the lowers but didn't get them in yet I'm going to give it another shot tomorrow... See if I can get some movement. From a dead stop it starts acting up... speed makes it worse.
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Re: Help! '05 3500 Ram has the shimmy-shakes
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a drive-line issue will not feedback thru the steering wheel on your 2WD Ram. You have bad tires and or balance issues and or worn out front end parts. An acceleration vibration or shake will feedback thru the whole truck and is a different and separate issue.
Put jack stands under the lower control arms out as close to the wheel as possible so the ball joints are unloaded. If the steering and suspension checks out ok, there is a problem with the tires
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Re: Help! '05 3500 Ram has the shimmy-shakes
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I know you guys are trying to help.. but there is one thing you are wrong about. Sometimes a driveline problem will feed back all the way to the steering. It's happened to me more than once. My '98 was the worse case in point. It started shaking-vibrating to the point of where it messed with my vision. The carrier bearings had blown up and just about everything inside the case was hosed too. and then there was the death shake.. which I don't think was ever fixed but covered it up by going to good shocks..Monroe Sensa-Trac
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Re: Help! '05 3500 Ram has the shimmy-shakes
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From a dead stop it starts acting up... speed makes it worse.
My guess is separating tires also, especially if your tires are more than 5 years old (regardless of how many miles are on them). If possible, swap your fronts with the rears and see if it changes the location of the wobble.
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Re: Help! '05 3500 Ram has the shimmy-shakes
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The tires are 5 years old and need replaced. I just hate to buy new tires only to have them wear out prematurely.
I'll jack around on the front-end again Wednesday..
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Re: Help! '05 3500 Ram has the shimmy-shakes
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I think that's a lot of the problem.. I haven't posted in a few day so here's the update... I ordered a new driveshaft carrier bearing TIMKEN HB351 from Autozone(Ebay) and waiting for it to be delivered. I replaced the passenger side ball joint..today. Pretty easy compared to my '98 SST. Took the truck for a test drive and it stills shakes so... when the driveline part gets here that will go on and next will be 2 new tires for the front. No reason to swap them around to check wobble-shakes because I still need tires. stay tuned
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