# Vibration in F150 after tire rotation **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Created:** [February 19, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869 "2008-02-19T03:27:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ottowonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7bcc69/32.png) [@ottowonder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ottowonder)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:27am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/1 "2008-02-19T03:27:19Z")
I rotated the tires, got up on the highway, and there was a vibration at various speeds. I had the front tires balanced. I then drove 45 minutes without an issue, and on the way home, they vibrated again…balance rear tires now? ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 11:32am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/2 "2008-02-19T11:32:34Z")
If it started only after 45 minutes of driving, then something happed after 45 miles. I could have lost a weight, in which case the place the balanced them owes you a new balance, or if it was snowy or if you have had a chunk of dried mud etc on a wheel and it just came off, that could have been part of the problem. Since there seems to have been a change, I would start by looking at the front tyres. ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 12:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/3 "2008-02-19T12:25:00Z")
the balancing could have been done wrong, been there. Actually, last place I bought tires at couldn’t get the balance right after two tries. Last time i go there! ---
**Author:** ![ottowonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7bcc69/32.png) [@ottowonder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ottowonder)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 2:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/4 "2008-02-19T14:28:33Z")
You know, before I rotated the tires, it was running fine, then I rotated the tires,got on the highway, and it was OK, and then when I was breaking, it went into a shimmy. I almost thought the tires were going to fall off. I stopped, checked the lugs, and all OK there, then it continued to wobble. I went back to the shop, and they balanced the fronts, but not the backs. I didn’t get on the highway until a week later, and it was fine for a 45 minute drive. Then I did spend some time at a friend’s house, and crunch through some ice at the end of the driveway. On the way home, the truck vibrated again, but all of the exterior wheel weights were still there. Maybe there are interior weights that were scraped off. ---
**Author:** ![CapriRacer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/capriracer/32/22_2.png) [@CapriRacer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/CapriRacer)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/5 "2008-02-19T15:55:32Z")
The clue is that you braked and got the shimmy: You have something worn or loose in the front end. Don’t bother balancing tires - it’s not there. Look at suspension bushings / ball joints / tie rod ends / etc. ---
**Author:** ![ottowonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7bcc69/32.png) [@ottowonder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ottowonder)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 8:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/6 "2008-02-19T20:27:45Z")
I jacked up each tire individually, and lifted with a steel bar with no movement from the ball joints. I wiggled at 3 and 9 and felt some play, and when I crawled under, had some play in the idler arm. The things is, that there was not shaking in the wheel, it was more in the feet, and seat. Could it be the universal joint? ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_Russell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Bill\_Russell](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Bill_Russell)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/7 "2008-02-19T21:15:52Z")
Looked at your other post. Sullivan Tire on Rt 1 near Portsmouth? I bought tires from them a few years ago, and they couldn’t get them balanced after 2 tries. Finally took it to Pep Boys, fine after that. ---
**Author:** ![Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/joseph_e_meehan/32/21_2.png) [@Joseph\_E\_Meehan](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Joseph_E_Meehan)\ **Post date:** [February 19, 2008, 9:26pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/8 "2008-02-19T21:26:44Z")
crunch through some ice at the end of the driveway. On the way home, the truck vibrated again Any chance some of that ice may have been jammed up in the wheel somewhere? ---
**Author:** ![ottowonder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7bcc69/32.png) [@ottowonder](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ottowonder)\ **Post date:** [February 20, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/vibration-in-f150-after-tire-rotation/10869/9 "2008-02-20T00:19:12Z")
thanks for the note and info. I’ll keep that in mind in the future and try somewhere else now.