Mine came with Michelin. I went straight to the tire shop and put on 275/70 18 Cooper Discoverer AT3. They were E load rated and I was not happy with them. I just installed General Grabber AT 275/70 18 that are standard load rated and road force balanced. I also have a 2” front level.
Excellent. I’ll share that with the tech. I appreciate it!
I bought this stuff and it’s an improvement. I still feel a bit of the intermittent grinding sensation, but overall, it’s livable I think. I also placed some under the dead pedal because there was a bit of vibration there as well.
What I’ve learned so far is there is a reason why the pedal is pulsating. We shimmed my rear axle last night got the drive line pretty darn close. As a result the pedal vibration and driveline vibration is 98% gone. Still feel a slight buzzing almost like knobby tires.
Any info on the "loose steering"? Long story short, my truck was super composed and steering wheel would never move going over bumps. I got a tire rotate and balance one day and ever since then my steering has been very loose, or maybe sensitive, and will kick left or right depending on the road conditions. Any feedback would be appreciated, it's quite annoying.
So far after the last go-around I have been pretty rock solid or as close as you can get. I'm attributing the loose steering to the tires. Since 3rd set and new diff no unusual vibration or wandering, I actually enjoy driving my truck.
This is great! So glad you were able to resolve it.
or is becoming a layman mechanic just part of the Ford ownership experience?
This is great! So glad you were able to resolve it.
Thinking aloud here: what are the chances of ever convincing the dealer to take my word for it (since they’ll never “reproduce it”) that there’s pulsing in my pedal, even with the padding I’ve wedged between the firewall and pedal, and they’ll go ahead and examine / correct my angles?
here’s the piece of $54 vibration absorbing material recommended on this thread:
From all the research found on this subject there seems to be the three causes unbalanced driveshaft, pinion angle and the rear differential. Mine was probably always the pinion angle. The first driveshaft was probably good, the second driveshaft got lost for a month and probably got banged up. The third one arrived in 3 days and tested good. When you bring it ask the service manage that you’ve read that a number of trucks on the forums had issues with the pinion angle being off. Ask him to test it. It takes like ten minutes . The Rangers have a tsb and a fix for pinion angles being off.This is great! So glad you were able to resolve it.
Thinking aloud here: what are the chances of ever convincing the dealer to take my word for it (since they’ll never “reproduce it”) that there’s pulsing in my pedal, even with the padding I’ve wedged between the firewall and pedal, and they’ll go ahead and examine / correct my angles?
here’s the piece of $54 vibration absorbing material recommended on this thread:
This is great! So glad you were able to resolve it.
Thinking aloud here: what are the chances of ever convincing the dealer to take my word for it (since they’ll never “reproduce it”) that there’s pulsing in my pedal, even with the padding I’ve wedged between the firewall and pedal, and they’ll go ahead and examine / correct my angles?
here’s the piece of $54 vibration absorbing material recommended on this thread:
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would the pinion angle cause a fine vibration in the steering wheel? Mine has a fine vibration, not noticeable to the eye but you can feel it. Sounds similar to the pedal vibration others feel which I do feel slightly at times.
What’s annoying is that there is extensive discussion going back several years — how is there not a TSB or internal guidance for the F150? It’s been going on long enough that when someone describes this issue, they should just be like, we’ve got this. Failure to duplicate, gaslighting, etc — not a great strategy especially when ranking near the bottom of reliability at the moment.
What would account for the following: this morning’s 10 mile drive to trailhead, pedal has the faint constant vibration but little to no pulsating / grinding. Drive home on same stretch, it’s present. If it’s driveshaft, pinion angles, or differentials, is it possible to be hit or miss and what would account for that? Fluids warmed up? Road condition jostling things around?
