Vibration

[95stangguy]

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]

do it yourself and save the bucks

[RedTwilight]

Or you could just spend that money on an aluminum driveshaft and install it yourself! :)

[5.0literriceeater]

Do it yourself. Tell that garage they can kiss your @$$ if they want to charge you that much to change a U joint!

[01FR500]

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]

mine vibrates around 70 and up think in might be the same thing.

[95stangguy]

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]

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]

12mm gear wrench works waaaay better!

[NewYorkNotch89]

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]

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.