front driveshaft vibration issues
Posted: Tue Feb 20, 2007 7:52 am
Hi All
I'm not sure if it's just my truck or if this is a common problem:
I have a LWB GQ with a 5" lift. A while ago, the front driveshaft got swapped when the diffs were re geared. We choose to use the driveshaft out of a RB30 (smaller flanges) because we didn't want to swap the flanges at the diff centres.
The castor at the front diff is 2deg (i.e. within factory specs) which should equalise the uni angles on both ends.
Ever since, I had a front shaft vibration (hubs engaged) from about 70 km/h onwards. I checked the driveshaft and cant find anything wrong with it. I can't remember having had this problem with my old driveshaft before the regearing job.
Now, what I want to work out is:
- is this a common problem which I have to live with
- could the drive shaft be stuffed and is there an easy way to work this out
Cheers
Joachim
I'm not sure if it's just my truck or if this is a common problem:
I have a LWB GQ with a 5" lift. A while ago, the front driveshaft got swapped when the diffs were re geared. We choose to use the driveshaft out of a RB30 (smaller flanges) because we didn't want to swap the flanges at the diff centres.
The castor at the front diff is 2deg (i.e. within factory specs) which should equalise the uni angles on both ends.
Ever since, I had a front shaft vibration (hubs engaged) from about 70 km/h onwards. I checked the driveshaft and cant find anything wrong with it. I can't remember having had this problem with my old driveshaft before the regearing job.
Now, what I want to work out is:
- is this a common problem which I have to live with
- could the drive shaft be stuffed and is there an easy way to work this out
Cheers
Joachim