I'm chasing a vibration. Feels like a wheel or multiple wheels out of balance. You can feel it throughout the whole car. Shakes bad at 55-60 then moves to 65-70.....then mostly goes away and then returns. We've checked the u-joints, motor mounts, tranny mount, irs bushings, ball joints, tie rod ends, sway bar bushings ect. This is aggravating me pretty bad. Maybe im over looking something.....I swapped back to my factory wheels and it stopped for a few miles.....i mashed it 2nd and it wheel hopped a little and started again....when its shaking i can push the clutch in , take the tranny out of gear and it will still shake until i drop to 45-50mph.....any help????
Im chasing a vibration thats driving me crazy.....
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Pull driveshaft and have it rebalanced.
Rotars but I'm gunna say driveshaft.
I had something similar to this a couple years ago. For me it ended up being broken teeth on the pinion gear in the rearend. Put the car on stands or lift. Take the driveshaft out. Start the car and take it up to the speed the the vibe usually occurs. If the vibe is gone you know it's something from the driveshaft back. Goodluck
Thanks, I have it on the lift now with the drive shaft out. I'll go out to the garage in a few min and run it up and see what happens.
No problem. Let us know what you find out.
I have heard the steering rack bushings can cause similiar problems. If its on the lift you can inspect them pretty easily.
Check your rear axles too and rear axle nuts.
Well I checked the rotors and they are fine. Put the drive shaft back in turned it 180 deg. and went up the road and it still shakes. I could push up on the end of the drive shaft at the u joints maybe a 1/16th of an inch. Had a little squeak also but couldn't tell if it came from that or a bushing. It went away after I pushed 4-5 times. I'll check the steering rack bushings in a few min.
Was driveshaft rebalanced?
Check your pinion for play it cuz a vibration and sounds like of you are wheel hopping could have come loose. If it loose just tighten the nut up little bit. Don't get crazy with it just enought that there no play or movement.
The drive shaft bolt to it at the rear end. The nut will be inside the pinion flange just pull on it some to see if you can move it any. If so just tighten big nut in the middle until you can't move the pinion flange.
The nut going seen tight. Just pull on the piñon flange see if it's got any play if so tighten bolt up.
I had this problem and it was actually 2 problems.
first was out of balance driveshaft
second issue was ring and pinion. it really did not whine but that sucker would have a death wobble from 60+ mph and go away around 90-120
first was out of balance driveshaft
second issue was ring and pinion. it really did not whine but that sucker would have a death wobble from 60+ mph and go away around 90-120
vibration
Hi, in an earlier post you said the shaft moved up a 1/16 or so and there was a squeak Im guessing you might have a bad u/joint, take shaft out and make sure the u/joints rotate ok
Hi, in an earlier post you said the shaft moved up a 1/16 or so and there was a squeak Im guessing you might have a bad u/joint, take shaft out and make sure the u/joints rotate ok
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