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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 02:45 PM
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i was driving down the highway today coming from school and at around 70mph i felt this pretty intense vibration coming from my gas pedal. this is something out my skill. could the drive shaft be unbalanced. or possibly the tcc sticking?
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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 04:15 PM
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I'd change out the u joints first, do you feel it in your steering wheel?
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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 06:52 PM
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not at all
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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 07:12 PM
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U joints, mud on the inside of the rim possibly, low spot on a tire wearing front end parts. Coming from front or rear?
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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 07:55 PM
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If he feels it in the pedal that usually means coming from the rear, so my first suspect would be u joints
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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 08:09 PM
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Its the ujoints I had a cap come off mine today so in the morning I will be replacing the whole ujoint so damn excited but if the u joints is bad fix it asap cuz it could tear up the driveshaft
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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Triton-SAS
mud on the inside of the rim possibly
Every time somebody says that, it reminds me of this.
"You got mud in your tires".
"Let me ask you a question. How do you get mud into the tires?".


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Old Jul 23, 2012 | 11:00 PM
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The cheapest thing to try would be pull the wheels off and have them balanced, also make sure there is no mud caked in there and will also give you a chance to shake down the suspension. A driveshaft issue would normally be at lower speeds.
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 12:12 AM
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Driveshaft issues don't show up till highway speeds check your ujoints
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 06:16 PM
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the u joints seem to be tight. i know front end is tight.im leading towards torque converter
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