View Single Post
Old 04-01-2010, 01:19 PM   #17
Keith Seymore
Registered User
 
Keith Seymore's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Motor City
Posts: 9,147
Re: Driveline Vibration

Quote:
Originally Posted by jholley View Post
I installed it like it was, old u-joints, carrier bearing and all, it didn't change the vibration at all. Yesterday I put a set of u-joints and a carrier on that old driveshaft and still had exactly the same vibration.
Ok - so that rules out driveline hardware, like u joints and/or a bent or imbalanced shaft...but not driveline angles.

Quote:
Originally Posted by jholley View Post

It is RPM sensitive though, not speed. I don't have a tach but I can recreate the vib at lower speeds in a different gear. That tells me the problem is somewhere between the motor and the pinion gear. I'm pretty sure it isn't the motor or the driveshaft.
This is interesting, because driveline would definitely be speed related. Can you re-create the problem by running the engine up in neutral? How about with the vehicle not moving, like with the rear axle up on jackstands? (play with the driveline load by gently varying brake pressure).

The fact that it is a "boom/beat" still implies to me that there are two things going on, not just one...

K
__________________
Chevrolet Flint Assembly
1979-1986
GM Full Size Truck Engineering
1986 - 2019
Intro from an Old Assembly Guy: http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=342926
My Pontiac story: http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=560524
Chevelle intro: http://www.superchevy.com/features/s...hevy-chevelle/

Last edited by Keith Seymore; 04-01-2010 at 01:37 PM.
Keith Seymore is offline   Reply With Quote