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Originally Posted by weo38
I have noticed that my truck has quite a bit of what I call bumpsteer. When I hit bumps the truck seems to want to drive it self. Then yesterday I had to brake hard and the steering wheel gyrated a lot as the truck was under braking power. Could this be a bad tie rod or some other steering component that is worn? 05 Silverado Z71 53000 miles. Thanks, if anybody needs clarification let me know.
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you have the infamous "death wobble". you wait on it - it'll become real bad! similar to flutter on 1st supersonic jets - virtually shaking truck apart.
i had mine fixed some 5 mths ago. culprits were:
idler and driver side hub bearing. also known culprits are pitman and trailing rod.
unless you have rack and pinion, then i'd look into hubs only and check on tierod ends.