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95stangguy
02-18-2006, 10:17 PM
I have a virbration in my car i located it as a space in the U joint in my drivetrain. The garage i took it to quoted me at $203 bucks to fix the thing. That sounds unresonable to me for like an 8 dollar part and a hlaf hour max of labor. What do you think?

Roush8702
02-18-2006, 10:47 PM
do it yourself and save the bucks

RedTwilight
02-19-2006, 07:56 AM
Or you could just spend that money on an aluminum driveshaft and install it yourself! :)

5.0literriceeater
02-19-2006, 10:22 AM
Do it yourself. Tell that garage they can kiss your @$$ if they want to charge you that much to change a U joint!

01FR500
02-19-2006, 12:50 PM
Does it only vibrate when you accelerate slightly? My car makes a vibration noise(like metal chattering against more metal) when slightly accelerating at around 1800-2400rpm. It sounds like it comes from either the engine or underneth but i can't find out b/c it only happens when I drive. Is this possibly the U joint needing replaced?

speedyhank
02-19-2006, 01:56 PM
mine vibrates around 70 and up think in might be the same thing.

95stangguy
02-19-2006, 03:08 PM
ya thats exactly what it was in my car round 2nd-3rd gear it started vibrating. All it is is a little gap in the joint, that you can look for.

hotford
02-20-2006, 08:54 AM
Thats a little high!!!! take the advise ,buy a aluminum drive shaft and install it yourself.all you need is 2 jack stands,placed on the torque boxes so the diff will lower all the way,and a 12mm wrech or 12mm socket (12 point) some muscle and 10 min later your good to go!!

5.0literriceeater
02-20-2006, 05:51 PM
12mm gear wrench works waaaay better!

NewYorkNotch89
03-13-2006, 01:00 PM
I had a similar problem, and an aluminum FMS driveshaft solved the problem.
Could swear I felt a little *seat of the pants* increase too!!
Totally worth it IMO.

driftsx
03-17-2006, 03:59 PM
I just got my 94 gt convertibel, The B%^$% I got it from did not take care of it all. So I just replaced my Driveshaft with an aluminum one. What a difference!!! But now i have this sound coming, sounds like some vibration from the aluminum shaft. Like when it hits resenonce frequency.