Oh great another vibration thread!!
11-23-2006, 01:47 PM
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Oh great another vibration thread!!
I hope you can confirm what I think is my problem.
About a month ago I started hearing a swish-swish noise when backing up... which lead me to replace my u-joints. One cap had rust instead of grease...
After replacing I had a bit of vibration above 40mph. Power on or off it didn't matter. I've been thinking it was my rear bearings but now I remember that one of the clips on the new U-joint was a lot thicker than the others.
Would that difference thickness be enough to be the cause of it? or I'm I just trying to get out of changing my bearings...
PS I hope everyone is having a Happy Thanksgiving!
About a month ago I started hearing a swish-swish noise when backing up... which lead me to replace my u-joints. One cap had rust instead of grease...
After replacing I had a bit of vibration above 40mph. Power on or off it didn't matter. I've been thinking it was my rear bearings but now I remember that one of the clips on the new U-joint was a lot thicker than the others.
Would that difference thickness be enough to be the cause of it? or I'm I just trying to get out of changing my bearings...
PS I hope everyone is having a Happy Thanksgiving!
11-23-2006, 02:20 PM
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I'm thinking that the thicker clip is keeping the u joint from being centered... so the piviot point was moved to one side by a tiny amount causing the vibration.
11-23-2006, 02:54 PM
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I'm thinking something simpler:
When you put the driveshaft back in, you got it out of phase. Did you mark the driveshaft and pinion flange before you took it out?
When you put the driveshaft back in, you got it out of phase. Did you mark the driveshaft and pinion flange before you took it out?
11-23-2006, 03:53 PM
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I put a zip tie on it but it got broken off while convincing the good u-joint to come out...
Tomorrow I'm going to replace the clip and rotate the mounts. Thanks guys, I'll let you know how it turns out!
Tomorrow I'm going to replace the clip and rotate the mounts. Thanks guys, I'll let you know how it turns out!
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