# Expedition death shake **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** ford\ **Created:** [April 13, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/expedition-death-shake/138416 "2019-04-13T12:57:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nighthawk7543\_150709](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nighthawk7543_150709/32/15626_2.png) [@nighthawk7543\_150709](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nighthawk7543_150709)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 12:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/expedition-death-shake/138416/1 "2019-04-13T12:57:36Z")
2001 Ford expedition all-wheel drive develops a death shake but only sometimes on the interstate take the same way to work every day and after hitting a pothole will violently shake,that will stop if you slow down then you can resume up to speed and not do it again but only some days" replace upper control arm -lower control arm _all four shocks_ idler arm \_pitman arm \_all ball joints stabilizer bar links \_\_new tires- checked front bearings and CV axle , no play also replaced u-joints on front drive shaft and rear drive shaft and just checked torsion bar and bushings that are also fine…STILL HAVE SHAKE.!! ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 1:11pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/expedition-death-shake/138416/2 "2019-04-13T13:11:48Z")
If you replaced all those parts, you must have had a four wheel alignment, correct? Please attach a copy of the most recent alignment printout. This should be after all parts were replaced. ---
**Author:** ![db4690](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/db4690/32/2583_2.png) [@db4690](https://community.cartalk.com/u/db4690)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 2:33pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/expedition-death-shake/138416/3 "2019-04-13T14:33:38Z")
Does this truck have a recirculating ball steering gearbox . . . ? ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2019, 4:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/expedition-death-shake/138416/4 "2019-04-13T16:44:14Z")
How about the steering damper? [https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,2001,expedition,5.4l+v8,1372395,steering,steering+damper,7412](https://www.rockauto.com/en/catalog/ford,2001,expedition,5.4l+v8,1372395,steering,steering+damper,7412) Tester ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 12:55am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/expedition-death-shake/138416/5 "2019-04-14T00:55:05Z")
Good ideas above. The only time something like that has happened to me is one time when the wheel lug nuts on a front wheel started to come loose, so double check those, all four wheels. Excess play in wheel bearings should be considered. A connection of a suspension system bracket to the chassis could have a broken weld I suppose. Broken suspension springs are often hard to spot, especially coil springs, and might contribute to this symptom. ---
**Author:** ![nighthawk7543\_150709](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nighthawk7543_150709/32/15626_2.png) [@nighthawk7543\_150709](https://community.cartalk.com/u/nighthawk7543_150709)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 5:19pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/expedition-death-shake/138416/6 "2019-04-14T17:19:05Z")
I don’t have to print out but yes it had a four wheel alignment when we put the new tires on