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Ok, let's start off my sating I've had 3 3/4 ton cc sb trucks and one 1 ton cc lb srw truck...so I doubt this is in my head......
So, the issue I'm having is this: at highway speeds, my truck (since day one on 3/5) has had a slight drift to the left. Not a big issue. But add that to it also having a very strange vibration in the rear end... and it makes it a bit worrisome to drive. The vibration seems to be in the right rear corner. It's not what you would expect with a broken belt or the tire being out of balance, or something like that. But just to make sure, I rotated my tires yesterday. Same after the rotation. It seems to build from a slight vibration up to a point where it feels like the whole rear end of the truck is about to skip sideways as you're driving...add that to the pull...un-nerving at times. Doesn't seem to be related to a beaming type issue as road expansion joints/bumps don't change anything with it. Now I do realize that going from my 3500 long bed back to a 2500 short bed has given me a shorter wheel base, and I expected to feel more jounce over the bumps in the road because of it. But this isn't that...or at least it sure doesn't feel like it. Dealership says that they can't duplicate it...but they also have only driven the truck around town....and I only notice it at highway speeds. Going to meet up with a bud of mine with the same truck (his is a 2008 2500 ccsb Z71 just like my 2010) and we are going to swap trucks and follow each other for a exit to exit trip and see what each truck feels like. He says his rides just like my 3500 did.... very smooth. I guess we'll see...
I can tell you this.... if this is the way this truck is going to ride..it will be gone in a big hurry !!!! It's not fun when you can't relax driving as you are worrying what the rear end is going to do.....
So, the issue I'm having is this: at highway speeds, my truck (since day one on 3/5) has had a slight drift to the left. Not a big issue. But add that to it also having a very strange vibration in the rear end... and it makes it a bit worrisome to drive. The vibration seems to be in the right rear corner. It's not what you would expect with a broken belt or the tire being out of balance, or something like that. But just to make sure, I rotated my tires yesterday. Same after the rotation. It seems to build from a slight vibration up to a point where it feels like the whole rear end of the truck is about to skip sideways as you're driving...add that to the pull...un-nerving at times. Doesn't seem to be related to a beaming type issue as road expansion joints/bumps don't change anything with it. Now I do realize that going from my 3500 long bed back to a 2500 short bed has given me a shorter wheel base, and I expected to feel more jounce over the bumps in the road because of it. But this isn't that...or at least it sure doesn't feel like it. Dealership says that they can't duplicate it...but they also have only driven the truck around town....and I only notice it at highway speeds. Going to meet up with a bud of mine with the same truck (his is a 2008 2500 ccsb Z71 just like my 2010) and we are going to swap trucks and follow each other for a exit to exit trip and see what each truck feels like. He says his rides just like my 3500 did.... very smooth. I guess we'll see...
I can tell you this.... if this is the way this truck is going to ride..it will be gone in a big hurry !!!! It's not fun when you can't relax driving as you are worrying what the rear end is going to do.....