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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 12:59 PM
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My jeep as god awful vibrations when I start slowing down. I think the tires need to be rebalanced. Any suggestions...
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 01:19 PM
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Warped rotors?
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 01:24 PM
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Nope...Pads and rotors are less an a month old...Try again
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 01:29 PM
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check your tire pressure. balance and rotate them.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 01:35 PM
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Yea I'm thinking they just need to be rebalanced
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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Did anybody mess with the wheel bearings when the brakes were done? Were the calipers tightened correctly after the brake job? Does your jeep have ABS? Could be an ABS issue.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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This might be off, but I was having a similar issue. Only vibration when slowing, turned out to be my front rear drive shaft u-joint... Just a thought...
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 03:09 PM
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Well I've been reading some past post and I also have the Truxxis tires thinking they may be out of balance...
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