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Morning All,
OK, here's something for you to get your teeth into...
Mid last week we started getting vibrations in my 80 and I am part way
to pinning it down, but would be interested in people's views here.
The vibration seems to occur when travelling at speed for example
70mph, but only when you put your foot down and accelerate, if you
maintain a constant speed or are decelerating you don't notice it.
It is difficult to pin down exactly where the vibrations are coming
from, it isn't coming specically from the front or the rear of the
vehicle so I get the impression it is coming up through the chassis.
The car has had a history of problems with the rear axle so over the
weekend I drained the diff oil and checked that, but it was all OK.
I also checked all the wheel bearings and they are fine as well as
checked all the brakes and none of them are rubbing.
The engine appears to be running fine, with no hesitation or loss of
power.
I have checked the front and rear prop shafts and the UJs appear to be
fine - because of the lift on my 80 (heavy duty 2.5" but with no load
so sits around 3-4" higher than normal) it tends to eat UJ on the back
of the rear propshaft.
I know that the CVs are on their way out, but apart from some clicking
on very tight left and right turns there doesn't seem to be any more
difference there and they appear to have plenty of grease in them.
The oil levels seem fine in the auto box and transfer case, although I
may change those just in case.
Another thought occuring is to check the engine mounts, in case one of
them is getting loose.
The problem started suddenly when my wife went off to pick up the
children from school - it hasn't been progressive.
I would have checked more, but ran out of time.
So, what do you think?
--
Regards,
Julian Voelcker
Mobile: 07971 540362
Skype: julianvoelcker
Cirencester, United Kingdom
1994 HDJ80, 2.5" OME Lift
OK, here's something for you to get your teeth into...
Mid last week we started getting vibrations in my 80 and I am part way
to pinning it down, but would be interested in people's views here.
The vibration seems to occur when travelling at speed for example
70mph, but only when you put your foot down and accelerate, if you
maintain a constant speed or are decelerating you don't notice it.
It is difficult to pin down exactly where the vibrations are coming
from, it isn't coming specically from the front or the rear of the
vehicle so I get the impression it is coming up through the chassis.
The car has had a history of problems with the rear axle so over the
weekend I drained the diff oil and checked that, but it was all OK.
I also checked all the wheel bearings and they are fine as well as
checked all the brakes and none of them are rubbing.
The engine appears to be running fine, with no hesitation or loss of
power.
I have checked the front and rear prop shafts and the UJs appear to be
fine - because of the lift on my 80 (heavy duty 2.5" but with no load
so sits around 3-4" higher than normal) it tends to eat UJ on the back
of the rear propshaft.
I know that the CVs are on their way out, but apart from some clicking
on very tight left and right turns there doesn't seem to be any more
difference there and they appear to have plenty of grease in them.
The oil levels seem fine in the auto box and transfer case, although I
may change those just in case.
Another thought occuring is to check the engine mounts, in case one of
them is getting loose.
The problem started suddenly when my wife went off to pick up the
children from school - it hasn't been progressive.
I would have checked more, but ran out of time.
So, what do you think?
--
Regards,
Julian Voelcker
Mobile: 07971 540362
Skype: julianvoelcker
Cirencester, United Kingdom
1994 HDJ80, 2.5" OME Lift