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I finally got the 39 on the road back in July after a full frame off build and I now have about 400 miles on it. From the start I always had a vibration at freeway speed. I havent done much freeway driving lately but I decided to take a longer cruise yesterday. The vibration was still there. Today I decided to check things out. I figured maybe I didnt get one of the wheel bearings seated correctly. First up I checked the drivers side and everything seemed tight so I jacked up the passenger side and there was the movement. I thought OK just need to tighten up the spindle nut a bit. Popped the dust cover and found that the bearing was fine. I finally had my son shake the tire while I was underneath. I found that the top A arm bolt was loose. Now I know I tightened everything up upon initial installation but upon further inspection I found several loose nuts on the suspension. All areas that were loose were areas where rubber or poly bushings were used. I wonder if things loosened up as the bushing compressed or relaxed from use. Any way after tightening no more vibration. Im darn glad I didnt just pass it off as a tire that was a bit out of balance.

I'm sure all the loosening up is a common thing.. my car and truck both had a lot of loose hardware after the initial shake down runs... but lately, it's all been staying nice and tight!!

My father actually had two control arms fall of of vehicles he had recently bought... so one MUST check out everything before jumping on the freeway...