kum9024

Just bought a 2004 GX ,love the truck, any time I am driving over 60mph
and go over a bump the steering wheel shakes a lot for a couple of seconds and then smooths out anybody else experience this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

cssnms

Nope, can't say that I have. Curious, do you have a lot of play in your steering wheel? In other words can you move it a couple of degrees to the right or left without any wheel movement?

kum9024

No, the steering has NO play in it. The steering feels tight.

Thanks

BobsGX

Could be the wheels/tires needs to be rebalanced or the shocks are in need of replacement.

pump142

I 2nd the rebalance..just had to do this with mine

DrVolkl

If it only shakes after going over a bump, it's probably bushings that are going bad.

Make sure your lugs are on tight as well.

Regardless, that's probably rather dangerous and you should have it looked at. Jack it up and see if you can wiggle the wheel with your hands.... that'll tell you.

mann777

[QUOTE=kum9024;4802194]Just bought a 2004 GX ,love the truck, any time I am driving over 60mph
and go over a bump the steering wheel shakes a lot for a couple of seconds and then smooths out anybody else experience this?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks[/QUO

To the problem you are facing, there was a TSB issued to the steering wheel vibration , hope this helps you.

cssnms

This TSIB is unrelated to the problem described.

cssnms

Kum - it can be difficult enough to diagnose a problem when the car is up on a lift let alone over a computer. There could be many different causes of the symptoms you describe e.g. tires out of round, bad wheel bearings/lose hub, bushings, ball joints etc. If it's any of the last 4 it would be to your benefit not to wait to take your truck into the dealer. Good luck.

kum9024

Thanks for all the replies. The problem I have is in the steering. The steering shakes when going over bumps. I have installed 2 new tires in the front and had them balanced. I wonder if the problem is in the steering system. I will take the truck to the dealer and see what they can find out.

Thanks

mann777

Kum have a look at the differential dampers.. and i am sure they would be warped, I had the similar prob on my LS(which is known issue), after replacing the vibration stop.. this is felt exactly when even on a slight small bump.There is shake on the front suspensions

getlikem3

check your rotors and brakes because i had it on my gx and it all went away after i changed my rotors and brakes

chrisvr6

Could be ball joints or wheel bearings. The 4x4 world calls this "death wobble". Check the steering stabilizer also.

The G Man

Its not the tires, rotors or barkes, orther wise its will shake all the time. Sound like its the wheel bearing, bushing, suspension or steering component. You really need to have it look at before it becomes dangerious on the highway.

chrisvr6

How would one be able to know if its the differential dampers by looking at them? Would it have to be taken apart. I felt it a little with stock wheels and now with the 22's it seems to be magnified.