Aaron, John & list
After the discussions on driveline vibration & my frustration in not
being able to isolate the problem I picked up a good used diff hoping it
would solve the problem as a last resort. I have it on my work bench
checking the basics waiting to swap it out. I've been driving the car
hoping the culprit would eventually fail and I would know what the cause
was. Well finally the other day I started to hear a squeal on
acceleration. I isolated it to an in-board u-joint drivers side. After
removing it I discovered a cracked bearing cap. I either cracked it
installing it or it failed during use, I'll never know. In either case,
it seems to have solved the problem. I took the car out for a drive with
speeds over 70mph & all is fine. I checked the U-joints many times & did
not detect any looseness , I guess the cap , even though it was cracked
wasn't loose but was either out of center or not flexing easily.
The only way I could have discovered this would have been to remove the
axle & see if the joint flexes easily. Mine was almost locked. That
would explain why it was intermitant but would vibrate under load.
Hope this helps
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Mitch Seff
Oceanside, N.Y.
75 TR6
http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/triumph5/
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