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Old 10-08-2012, 04:59 PM   #4
Stocker
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Re: '71 K20 Growling/Grinding noise

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Originally Posted by flyingtim01 View Post
on and off I can feel a slight wum-wum-wum kinda vibration around 35 mph, though I've always written it off as unbalanced tires.
I've always thought of tire unbalance as more of a shake (or low-frequency vibration) and bad u-joints as more like a high-frequency vibration...... possibly what you are describing.

Good luck, if you throw new u-joints in, I hope that fixes it. Keep us posted!

Your truck sounds like a real workhorse. I retired from telecom construction and some of our rigs got a pretty good workout at times.... same with the power company trucks!

Incidentally, my truck also has a Q-jet (OEM) on an Edelbrock 2101 Performer that I got when my stock cast iron intake cracked. Pretty good setup for all-around use IMO.
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