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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
Fine Tuning
206.367.5503
www.finetuningperformance.com
Seattle, WA USA





>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..
> >
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