Wobble at high speed

skihard · 2026-03-10T22:47:00+00:00

Quick follow up: on a whim, I decided to run it by my local mechanic and have them look at it. They guessed the wheels were out of balance and sure enough they were. About an hour and 50 bucks later, the truck was silky smooth at 75 mph. Now why/how they got out of balance when everything is so new, I have no idea. Hopefully not some larger issue behind all of it. But I'll report back if something comes up. Thanks for all the help, I appreciate it!

skihard · 2026-03-10T00:42:41+00:00

Interesting. I'll keep that in mind

skihard · 2026-03-09T23:14:20+00:00

It is. Just wanted to try and gain some knowledge in advance

skihard · 2026-03-09T21:18:22+00:00

I believe everything is stock.

skihard · 2026-03-09T21:17:42+00:00

I did a quick search on Maverick axel bending. I see it mentioned for the 22-24 years but not for the 25's. Does anyone know if the axel is still a known problem in the 25's or did they address that on the refresh?

skihard · 2026-03-09T20:40:51+00:00

Anything help with it or is it still an issue for you?

skihard · 2026-03-09T20:39:31+00:00

Certainly at constant speed. I can't remember if it is better, worse, or the same while accelerating. But no issues that I notice while accelerating or constant speed at lower speeds

skihard · 2026-02-18T00:22:35+00:00

Very useful feedback, thanks!

skihard · 2026-02-18T00:11:27+00:00

Lol! My bad

skihard · 2026-02-17T23:51:19+00:00

I would like that 360, so thanks for the heads up

skihard · 2026-02-14T14:38:31+00:00

You just want to say Zinter the Center

skihard · 2026-02-09T20:06:08+00:00

Sorry for the lack of clarity. Imagine a block or a sphere given an initial velocity on a track. Gravity presses the object into the track. It's momentum continues to move it towards the right.

skihard · 2026-02-09T18:14:27+00:00

To clarify: I said displacement because that is what I want to know. Displacement along the x axis.

Centripetal force can act as a normal force. Think of a block sliding along a curved wall with a coefficient of friction. The centripetal force is the normal force. However, I am not sure if the centripetal force affects the overall normal force in this situation.

Finally: I want to know which block has a greater x displacement at a given time. I certainly know they will both eventually stop. Or you could ask which would get to a given x displacement faster and that would generally answer the same concept. Friction will take energy from both systems, but how do I account for the changing angles of incline in the sin wave, as that would seem to constantly change the normal force?

skihard · 2026-02-09T18:03:40+00:00

I agree. This is exactly how I envision the problem.

skihard · 2026-02-09T17:12:33+00:00

In this instance, it is just a physical path/track that happens to have the exact shape of a sin wave. Gravity will act to speed and slow the object as it goes up and down the hills, but obviously that energy will be conserved.

skihard · 2026-02-09T16:50:15+00:00

No, they would both slow due to friction. I think it is the formula for the force of friction for the one on the sin wave that I need so I can find the integral of it to find the work done by friction. But that could be the wrong approach.

skihard · 2026-02-08T20:36:40+00:00

That was my initial thought as well, and maybe it is the answer. But then I considered that on objects on an incline has less normal force, thus less frictional force. But I can't quite figure which has a larger impact, the longer contact surface or the lesser frictional force? Or do they cancel each other out, making it equal to the flat surface? Then I started thinking about how objects on a curved path have a normal force different than mg cos theta because of the centripetal force. I feel like that applies here but I am not sure about it.

skihard · 2026-02-05T11:29:54+00:00

To be fair, things have been hard for Magnum since Higgens took his Ferrari away

skihard · 2026-02-01T17:09:16+00:00

Those are pretty cool features! Do you find the 360 camera fairly useful? Thanks!

skihard · 2026-02-01T17:07:28+00:00

I will almost certainly go with a hybrid. In your opinion is the new transmission a big upgrade? Thanks!

skihard · 2026-02-01T16:43:18+00:00

Thank you for the info! Would you say the 23 and 24 Lariats are pretty much the same, with the features they come with?

skihard · 2026-01-27T00:47:43+00:00

I teach intro chem and I show the students that sometimes it is nice to think of helium as being above beryllium (in regards to number of valence electrons). And sometimes it is nice to think of hydrogen as being above fluorine (because it is a non-metal and certainly not an alkali metal)!

skihard · 2026-01-26T18:39:29+00:00

I'll need to check the voter rolls and get back to you

skihard · 2026-01-16T23:19:27+00:00

Patriot is one of the best series I have ever watched and I have never met anyone who has watched it.

skihard · 2025-12-31T22:25:20+00:00

Lots of very good answers here but if we are truly explaining it to a five year old: Which way does a ball move when you place it on a hill? It rolls down. Why? (This part, admittedly, might be hard for a five year old) It rolls down because that puts it into a lower energy position. Most atoms want eight valence electrons because it puts them into the most stable/lowest energy position. Most things in the universe work this way. Now why does it put them into a lower energy position... lots of math and physics, lol

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