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Originally Posted by neversayDIEsel
Interesting, I always read that if the rack dampener was off, it would more affect the consistency of the idle not cause engine shake. Could I potentially see by screwing it all the way in and backing it out?
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I did a valve-adjust hoping to take care of a bad air-cleaner shake at idle - no major difference. My engine mounts are beyond shot, and I've got new ones, but first trying to find someone who can detail the crap out of my engine-bay without me just washing it down the street into the storm-drain.
But on a roll one day, I finally replaced my rack damper bolt after carrying the new one around for a few thousand miles and not putting it in ('cause I'd gotten the idea that there was a special seal in the locknut that might leave me spewing oil/fuel out or some such). Not so. This made a significant difference, in the two minutes it took to do. Pretty sure the air-cleaner mount had broken solely because of the old bolt's weak-a$$ spring - even the beefiest of reinforcements couldn't have stood up to that extreme idle shake for too long. As for 'adjustment' of the new bolt, well it seemed I couldn't have tightened it any further without getting rid of the jam-nut.