Vibration at 35-60 mph.

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BigMike69

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Hello all! First time poster here, thanks for having me.

I have a 04 expedition with the 5.4 with the 2wd,awd,4wd and 4 low options.

I get a bad vibration starting at 35mph. Things I've done so far as had tires balanced and replaced rear end fluid. I put the ass end up on jack stands and still have the vibration. My next thing I'm going to try is taking the tires off and spin it up and see if it's still there.

What do you all think it is? The drive shaft has a lot of surface rust on it. There is no noticeable play in the ujoints. Wheel bearings replaced with the lifetime warranty ones about 40k ago and it doesn't make that kind of noise. I'm just wondering if anyone has had this problem and could save me a few steps in troubleshooting this.

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Is the vibration in the steering wheel or throughout the truck? does your truck have rear independent suspension or is it a straight axle? Were you watching the drive shaft when it was on stands?
 
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I can feel it from the back feeling it shake the whole truck. It did it with rear wheels off of the ground. It has an independent rear. I don't want to crawl under it to watch the shaft when it was spinning. Afraid of front tires kicking in for some reason...
 

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Put it on the stands, put the tranny in neutral, recheck the driveshaft for "play", then check your rear axles and for any issues. Grab, jerk, wiggle everything and turn the wheels by hand in neutral listening and feeling for grinding, binding and so on. With the tranny in neutral it gives you a better "feel" and keeps the shaft from being bound, making it easier to check for U-joint play etc..
 

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I did have to replace the rear axle in an 05 I used to own. It could hear it try to bind when turning slow around a corner.
 

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Torque Converter Shudder....

Could be but I'm leaning toward driveshaft, axles, yokes, diff etc.. Wouldn't torque shudder happen at all times and change throughout different RPM's and gear changes. He stated it's only happening between 35-60 MPH.
 

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I had miss matched size tires on one time and the transfer case started to engage around those speeds and ****** like crazy and stopped around 60mph


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had a similar experience w/ my '88 Bronco II in that the driveshaft itself wasn't properly balanced. replaced under warranty.
hope you figure it out.
 
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