Re: [FWDLK] Bad vibrations

[Curtis French <cmf392@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Let me add one more suggestion.  If the cross shaft (I'm not sure what you
call it) in the ball and trunion u-joint is off center, you will get a bad
vibration.  This cross shaft is pressed into the driveshaft, but sometimes
this pressed fit will loosen (happened to me twice) in a high-mileage
driveshaft, and it won't stay centered.

Doesn't seem like a u-joint problem would be felt mostly in the steering
wheel, though.

Curtis French

----- Original Message -----
From: "fins59" <fins59@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 11:43 PM
Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Bad vibrations


> Thanks again for all your replies. On the drive shaft issue - before trip
I
> did change drive shafts because my original one had a  torn front boot and
> it was easier to just change drive shafts than to try and maneuver that
boot
> off of one shaft and put it on another. I guess one of the things to do is
> get a new boot and put the old drive shaft back on. In the meantime though
I
> do have another car I can take the drive shaft off of and try that one. If
I
> have no vibrations or vibrations at different speed then it would point to
> drive shaft. Whats kind of puzzling though is that vibrations are felt
most
> strongly in steering wheel, not seat, and that car drove perfectly for the
> first 500 miles of trip.

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