Vibration = tranny?

[treed2 at u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

Josh,

Just my 2 cents-- I bought a reman axle for my passenger side about 2-3
years ago. The first thing I noticed was that the inner joint didn't
wobble around like the old one did.. you had to force it. Long story
short the joint was put together the wrong way. Once I got the inner and
outer races aligned as described in the bentley everything was smooth and
the joint has been fine ever since. I never tried driving it when it was
put together wrong but I wouldn't be surprised if it would work to some
degree at least for a short distance.

-Toby

On Tue, 27 May 2003, Josh20V wrote:

> yup, they are remans, kinda hard to get the real thing without waiting a few
> days, and I needed them that day. But Im fairly certain that even remans
> will last 2 miles. :)
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>
> To: <amalventano@sc.rr.com>; <mkii@nycap.rr.com>; <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 27, 2003 12:31 AM
> Subject: Re: Vibration = tranny?
>
>
> > you stated that you have *new* axles. does that mean you have reman axles?
> > If you are axles arent german or the joints arent german then that it most
> > likely the culprit. remember kiddies, reman axles are BAAAAAADDD!!
> >
> > Although you could also have some tire separation.
> >
> >
> >
> > Chris DeLong
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> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >From: "Allyn" <amalventano@sc.rr.com>
> > >To: "Josh20V" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>, <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Subject: Re: Vibration = tranny?
> > >Date: Mon, 26 May 2003 23:38:43 -0400
> > >
> > >josh,
> > >metal in tranny = bad, but cant cause that kind of vibration (at least
> not
> > >without sound to go along with it).
> > >tires can be balanced, but still have 'hard spots', which only lead to
> > >vibration when the tire is actually under load. there are special badass
> > >balancers to deal with this:
> > >http://www.gsp9700.com/index.cfm
> > >Al
> > >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: "Josh20V" <mkii@nycap.rr.com>
> > >To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> > >Sent: Monday, May 26, 2003 11:19 PM
> > >Subject: Vibration = tranny?
> > >
> > >
> > > > Ok, well lets try this one out for size.
> > > >
> > > > Drained the tranny fluid and discovered a lil' piece of a clamp
> sitting
> > >on
> > > > the drain plug...
> > > >
> > > > now, Iam fairly certain that chunks of metal in tranny = bad things...
> > > >
> > > > Now, could this tie into the vibration I've been suffering?
> > > >
> > > > Lets recap this.
> > > >
> > > > Vibration at speeds from 50-65mph or so. Already have new axles,
> checked
> > > > EVERYTHING else. Thought that Im also wondering about is a belt in a
> > >tire,
> > > > but I haven't gotten a chance to switch tires, plus if it was a belt
> > > > shouldn't it shop up on the balancer?
> > > >
> > > > The vibration is not noticeable (it seems) when accelerating, but
> > >cruising
> > > > at 50-65 mph (isn't at the same speed 100% of the time, sometimes at
> 50,
> > >but
> > > > not at 60, sometimes at 65 but not at 55) it does show up. If I put
> the
> > >car
> > > > in neutral the vibration stays but "might" not be as noticeable. But
> > >even
> > > > with the car in neutral the whatchamacallit shaft in the tranny still
> > > > spins..
> > > >
> > > > Josh Able
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