Do you have radials on the car? If one of the tires has a broken or bent
cord in the sidewall, you will get vibration from the front end. In a
radial tire, the cord runs from one side of the tire to the other,
perpendicular to the bead. In the old crossply tire, one layer ran at an
angle to the bead, while the next layer ran in the opposite direction. The
crossply design gave some support if one layer broke or was weakened. With
radials, though, there is no 'back up' support, So, when the sidewall gets
bumped or something breaks, you get vibration, especially at high speeds.
Bill
Vancouver, BC
>
>
> Thanks again for all your replies. On the drive shaft issue - before trip
I
> did change drive shafts because my original one had a torn front boot and
> it was easier to just change drive shafts than to try and maneuver that
boot
> off of one shaft and put it on another. I guess one of the things to do is
> get a new boot and put the old drive shaft back on. In the meantime though
I
> do have another car I can take the drive shaft off of and try that one. If
I
> have no vibrations or vibrations at different speed then it would point to
> drive shaft. Whats kind of puzzling though is that vibrations are felt
most
> strongly in steering wheel, not seat, and that car drove perfectly for the
> first 500 miles of trip.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blackmore, Dawson" <DBlackmore@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, September 17, 2002 8:27 AM
> Subject: Re: [FWDLK] Bad vibrations
>
>
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