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Originally Posted by Fifty150hs
Unfortunately, I have not been able to get to it yet. Fortunately, I've only been driving around town where the load is not as great and the shudder/vibration much less pronounced. I have the front guibo, CSB and rear CV sitting in the garage ready to go on. I checked the new CSB for movement and it has some, but nothing like the one on the truck. Fingers crossed this is the problem. I hope to be able to get to it in a couple of weeks.
I checked my front wheels for movement with truck up on stands and there is a slight amount of movement, but nothing that would be likely to cause the vibration I've been getting. Still hoping it's not a wheel bearing.
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Wheel bearing is like $35. Once you have the right tool it's not difficult to change.
Do the process I described earlier to check the bearing. (and will repeat here).
When I just replaced my bearing I noticed no slop in the bearing/hub until I loosened the axle nut. Once that was loose and I tapped the axle in a few mm so the axle wasn't clamping the bearing tight holy crap was the bearing sloppy. I could twist it off axis with one hand from just the hub over a degree. I wish I took a video.
When I pressed in the new bearing and the hub into that, I could barely detect any off axis motion whatsoever. Also after getting it all back together I noticed my steering wheel is now more centered when driving straight indicating that almost certainly the bearing was twisting while driving and when braking occasionally would wobble like a bad shopping cart wheel.
I haven't speed tested yet to confirm if the braking shimmy has also been cured but the wishbone arms looked in perfect condition when I was doing the axle/bearing/brake job this week