97 Rodeo: Rumbling from front end

Tires maybe? You could rotate front to rear and see if that makes a difference. They might just need balancing.

How long has it been since you inspected and repacked the wheel bearings? Usually a bad wheel bearing will start to make itself known at much lower speeds, as long as you know what to listen for. However, if it's bad enough, you'll most certainly hear it at highway speeds. However, the vibration you are feeling may very well be tires/wheels. Like the other poster said, try rotating the fronts to the backs and see if that helps - and while you're doing that, clean and repack your wheel bearings. All you need are some seals and you may even end up doing yourself a brake job. steve

If you're in snow country, it could be snow stuck to the wheel - causing an imbalance.

Lemme guess . . . OEM Bridgestone Dueler H/T 684's? Ditch 'em, pay for a GOOD wheel alignment, check air pressure every two weeks, and rotate / balance the new tires every 5000 miles.

Well...the Rodeo is no more. The Universal joint was completely shot. Repairing it was going to cost 2/3 of the blue book value...it has been traded in. Thanks all for your suggestions!

Dave Wolgast

Wish you'd have posted here you wanted to get rid of it... if everything else was in decent shape, you'd have probably gotten more selling than you did on trade, and very possibly from me! ;)