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Have 2004 dodge ram1500. have a wicked shimmy at slow speeds, feels like tires r going to fall off. shaking is still there at higher speeds. tire pressure is good all the way around. truck drifts to t

Can shake rear tires while on the ground and canhear a clunk noise. not to bad but can hear it. also get a chirping noise when going down the road. sound like forest gump making the bed squeaking noise..lol

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I had a similar problem, it turned out to be the front U joints. Have them checked very soon! I drove mine for a while before fixing and my tires were ready to fall off. Could have caused a very bad accident.

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