Good question. But - the vibration is in for many years, but as the car's
mishap becomes a bit irritating.
A few weeks ago the GT has been safety tested (bi-annual as it is a
classic).
Play in the UJ's is always verified as part this safety test, so I assume
the joints are ok.
Cheers,
Hans
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charley & Peggy Robinson" <ccrobins@ktc.com>
To: "Hans Duinhoven" <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>
Cc: <mgs@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Saturday, September 08, 2012 11:27 PM
Subject: Re: [Mgs] Drive shaft balanced
> Are you sure it's not a U-joint going bad?
>
> CR
>
> On 9/8/2012 4:01 PM, Hans Duinhoven wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> After some tests at several revs of the engine and speed I finally found,
>> that some vibrations between the speed of 50 and 70 m/h are caused by I
>> think an unbalanced driveshaft between the gearbox and the differential
>> gear.
>> What is the cause of this?
>> Can this be rebalanced and if so - how?
>> Is it easier to replace the driveshaft with a used one instead of
>> rebalancing the one, which is on the car?
>>
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Hans
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