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Hook-Em
Got No Life
Number of posts : 1223
Age : 57
Location : Helotes, TX
Rig : 2009 Sunburst Orange JK Sahara Unlimited
specs. : 4'' Rancho Sport Lift; 35x12.50x17 Nitto Trail Grappler MT's on 17x8.5 Alloys; Ace Rock Sliders; Poison Spyder Brawler Light Front Bumper; AEM Brute Force CAI
Registration date : 2010-09-08
 |  Subject: Mud and Vibration  Mon 18 Apr 2011, 11:50 am | |
| OK, so my daughter's 5th grade teacher recently bought a JK Unlimited. She took her 100% stock Jeep wheeling down at the coast and got it stuck in the mud. She now has a severe vibration at 60 mph. I've emailed her with suggestions where to look, but I've never actually gotten stuck in mud as bad as she got stuck. My suggested areas to look at are:
1. Mud trapped in a wheel spoke
2. A lost wheel weight
3. Mud on a drive shaft
4. Bent drive shaft
5. Damaged axle knuckles
What other things could it be?
Thanks for your expertise. | |
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Dutchboy101
Pathetic
Number of posts : 2270
Age : 53
Location : San Antonio, TX
Rig : Jeep
specs. : 37's and stuff
Registration date : 2008-04-03
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Mon 18 Apr 2011, 12:36 pm | |
| You've pretty much have them all pinned down.
It is probably a wheel weight or mud on the rims/or DS.
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Hook-Em
Got No Life
Number of posts : 1223
Age : 57
Location : Helotes, TX
Rig : 2009 Sunburst Orange JK Sahara Unlimited
specs. : 4'' Rancho Sport Lift; 35x12.50x17 Nitto Trail Grappler MT's on 17x8.5 Alloys; Ace Rock Sliders; Poison Spyder Brawler Light Front Bumper; AEM Brute Force CAI
Registration date : 2010-09-08
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Mon 18 Apr 2011, 5:58 pm | |
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SBC_Tim aka thebigtman
Got No Life
Number of posts : 944
Age : 50
Location : La Vernia, TX
Rig : YJ/TJ, V8, tons
Registration date : 2009-09-04
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Mon 18 Apr 2011, 7:27 pm | |
| Tell her to stop being a pansy and just floor it until the vibration clears up.  Just kidding. Like Sascha said, you've pretty much nailed the big stuff. 90% of the time it's mud on the wheels. If the rotors are vented you can get mud stuck in those orifices too. | |
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Chris
Got No Life
Number of posts : 962
Age : 49
Location : San Antonio
Rig : 1990 XJ Trigger
specs. : 4.5in. Rubicon Express lift. JCR front winch bumper. Warn 9in. dual beam lights. PIAA 520 ATP Extreme White lights on Conn Ferr Roof Rack. Cooper STT 285/75/16 on Moab rims. Ramsey 8000 winch. 4:10 G2 gears. Aussie 30 locker, and Detroit Tru Trac locker Dana 44. Poison Syder diff covers
Registration date : 2010-10-19
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Mon 18 Apr 2011, 7:45 pm | |
| CARWASH AND $40.00! should help a little! | |
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Hook-Em
Got No Life
Number of posts : 1223
Age : 57
Location : Helotes, TX
Rig : 2009 Sunburst Orange JK Sahara Unlimited
specs. : 4'' Rancho Sport Lift; 35x12.50x17 Nitto Trail Grappler MT's on 17x8.5 Alloys; Ace Rock Sliders; Poison Spyder Brawler Light Front Bumper; AEM Brute Force CAI
Registration date : 2010-09-08
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Tue 19 Apr 2011, 8:48 am | |
| OK, just got an email from our "customer". Her husband removed the wheels from her rig. There was quite a bit of mud collected behind the spokes of the wheels. They cleaned out the mud and the drivability is much better!
I counselled her to wheel it and get it dirty again. Thanks for your help folks! | |
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DangerMouse
Seasoned Vet
Number of posts : 666
Age : 50
Location : Floresville,TX
Rig : 2005 Jeep Wrangler Willys Edition
specs. : Pro Comp lift, soft 8 wheels, 33x13.5x15 Nitto Mud Grapplers
Registration date : 2009-08-03
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Tue 19 Apr 2011, 5:43 pm | |
| Tell her to keep wheeling till all the wheels are packed with mud. | |
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jkx0778
Pathetic
Number of posts : 2490
Age : 46
Location : San Antonio, TX
Rig : 2008 unlimited
specs. : in progress
Registration date : 2008-01-29
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Tue 19 Apr 2011, 6:29 pm | |
| - DangerMouse wrote:
- Tell her to keep wheeling till all the wheels are packed with mud.
no, no, no  tell her "Mud is evil. Take it into the rocks!"  | |
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DangerMouse
Seasoned Vet
Number of posts : 666
Age : 50
Location : Floresville,TX
Rig : 2005 Jeep Wrangler Willys Edition
specs. : Pro Comp lift, soft 8 wheels, 33x13.5x15 Nitto Mud Grapplers
Registration date : 2009-08-03
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Tue 19 Apr 2011, 6:31 pm | |
| Mud is evil?!?!?!  | |
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jkx0778
Pathetic
Number of posts : 2490
Age : 46
Location : San Antonio, TX
Rig : 2008 unlimited
specs. : in progress
Registration date : 2008-01-29
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Tue 19 Apr 2011, 6:38 pm | |
| yup. unless you got high horsepower... not the typical 3.8L jk engine  | |
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DangerMouse
Seasoned Vet
Number of posts : 666
Age : 50
Location : Floresville,TX
Rig : 2005 Jeep Wrangler Willys Edition
specs. : Pro Comp lift, soft 8 wheels, 33x13.5x15 Nitto Mud Grapplers
Registration date : 2009-08-03
| | Subject: Re: Mud and Vibration Tue 19 Apr 2011, 6:41 pm | |
| My TJ loves mud....now if it would only rain out here.
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