indicators that my shocks are worn?

[NewbieVet]

Would juttering while driving and high sensitivity to road paint / cats eyes indicate that my shocks are worn?

 

[JDMitchell]

What is "juttering"?


If your Expy rides like Uncle Buck's car then yes you probably need new shocks.

 

[NewbieVet]

juttering - steering wheel vibration

 

[jacks3am]

vibration when your braking? if so its rotors, maybe get your front end checked out

 

[NewbieVet]

Nope, not while breaking. When I'm running on highway I get vibration in the steering wheel, plus when I drive over white stripes in the road or those "cats eye" reflectors the truck is really sensitive to it. I was thinking maybe my tires are just real sensitive but then someone mentioned shocks. Wish i knew more about this stuff!!!

 

[GAINMOB]

could be the wheels are out of balance

 

[ExpyPlowGuy]

Like Ross said it's probably a tire issue. From what I've seen steering vibration is usually related to a tire problem, out of balance, low air pressure etc. May also be an alignment issue but I'd start with the tires. Mine is pretty sensitive to bumps as well but it only started after I put on the 285's and I'm running a higher tire pressure.

 

[jacks3am]

Yep prob a tire issue

 

[GAINMOB]

just realized you have rims on your truck...get them balanced...again...

 

[bosozoku]

Another vote for getting your tires balanced. I had a set a couple years back that when I would take curves on the freeway I thought it was going to rattle all of the bolts out of my rig, not to mention my teeth. As a temp fix, I rotated the front to back, problem solved until I could get into the shop.

 

[walnuts4x4]

def think it is a tire issue.... check air pressure first then get them balanced again...