So over the last week or two I've noticed some increasing vibration at highway speed. It comes in regular pulses it seems. At first I thought maybe a tire needed balancing (had to fix-a-flat recently). Brought it to my indie mechanic, he noted that I have two torn axle boots, so says I should replace the axles, but also says the drive shaft and universal joint need replacing. I assume the latter is causing the surging/pulsing vibration? I'm feeling it at highway speed, anything above about 50 MPH, but not much at 30 MPH.

Does the driveshaft/U joint diagnosis sound right?

He's got parts on order, in the mean time, OK to drive? This is my daily driver, so just thinking about taking backroads to work, I don't like the shaking much!

Thanks!

Chuck

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