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Oh No, not the dreaded driveshaft vibration!
I first noticed a slight driveline-speed vibration about three years ago, and
it's gotten more noticeable over time. My Chevy experience says U-joint, U-joint, U-joint. I read all the comments about the $350 u-joints, mystical balance issues, etc. So I'm hesitant to just throw on a new shaft. - Car is a 126 ('91 300SE) with 160k miles. - Vibration seems definitely propshaft speed, and ONLY occurs under two conditions: 1. Acceleration at 15-18mph. (1800rpm in 2nd) 2. Climbing a grade in high gear at 65-75mph (3500rpm in 4th) Otherwise, the car is smooth as silk. 1. Checked out the exhaust carefully - it is definitely not the Bad Guy. 2. Replaced motor mounts, and tranny and dif mounts. 3. Pulled the shaft and replaced the frt flex disc and the center bearing/support. The rear disc looked good. Marked everything and put it back in same position. 4. Tried "clocking" the front shaft connection to another position - no help. 4. Wiggled the half-shafts and watched them turn with the motor idling on the lift. They move smoothly and don't bind, the boots are good. 5. I did find two possible issues - could these be the culprits. a. YES INDEEDY, the u-joint on rear shaft has a bit of a detent on- center, but I cannot feel any click or looseness - most of the posts here say this should probably not be a problem. b. Just a bit of play in the rt rear wheel bearing - you can detect a slight click when yanking the tire back and forth (if it were a front bearing, I'd turn the nut maybe 1/16th turn to reduce it). I actually put the dial indicator on it as best I could and it measured in-spec. but the left bearing has no discernable play at all. Could the u-joint or the wheel bearing be contributing? Both of these are expensive, and just don't appear to be bad enough to cause the problem. Thanks, Guru |
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