Hi Rich,
Norah here this time. Unfortunately not. It had been sitting in the
driveway overnight. It was fine the night before when he came home from
work, sat there overnight behind my Dak, and then this crap in the morning.
Overnight temps were relatively normal (around 55 degrees). Seeing as I
wasn't in the truck with these vibrations at the time, I went with Jason for
a test drive last night to see if I could feel anything different than what
I'm used to. All seemed perfectly normal when I went last night. Isn't
that usually the way when you're trying to show someone the problem? At
least two of the techs had experienced it though.
Norah
current: '98 Dakota Sport black 4x4 CC V8/5.2L/Auto
current: '95 Dakota Sport white 4x4 Reg Cab V6/3.9L/5spd
RIP: '95 Dakota Sport black 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
previous: '93 Dakota blue 4x2 CC V6/3.9L/Auto
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet.net]On Behalf Of Wisotzkey, Rich
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 11:38 PM
> To: 'dakota-truck@buffnet.net'
> Subject: DML: RE: Weird vibration: fixed itself?
>
>
> Jason,
> Where or what were you doing just previous to the vibration starting? Had
> you just picked it up from the dealer for an earlier service?
> Rich - Ashburn, VA
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jason Bleazard [mailto:jbleazard@home.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 10:25 PM
> To: Dakota Mailing List
> Subject: DML: Weird vibration: fixed itself?
>
>
> Short version:
> I had a brand new vibration this morning that started around 70 kWh.
> The mechanic said it didn't feel like a simple tire balance problem, but
> they didn't have time to look at it today. They thought it could be
> something in the front end, or possibly a belt slipped in one of the
> tires. I drove to work, it still did it. I drove home in the
> afternoon, and it's gone. What the heck is up with this?
>
> Longer version:
> Okay, I noticed it a bit on the surface streets before I got on the
> highway, but it really caught my attention getting on the highway. I've
> seen tires explode because they were out of balance. Besides, I just
> had the Joints replaced a couple of weeks ago and didn't want to see
> what would happen if they messed up the install and one of them flew
> apart at speed. So, I played it safe and turned around and headed back
> to the dealer.
>
> Their tech took it for a test drive. Like I said, he thought it could
> be one of the tires slipped a belt or something (what does this mean,
> anyway?). They also noticed that it diminished above 100 kWh. Guess I
> panicked before I got up to full speed the first time :-P. They also
> noticed (as I did when exiting the highway) that it seemed to get worse
> upon deceleration. At any rate, they assured me that it should be safe
> to drive.
>
> So I just waited out the vibration, and sure enough, it almost went away
> once I got up to cruising speed (but not completely). I expected to
> really get hit with it once I got to the exit for the office. It was
> there, but not like it was before.
>
> But the kicker is that this evening on the way home, I couldn't get it
> to do it again. Nothing. I almost had myself convinced that there was
> a little bit, but I decided it was just bumps in the road.
>
> So, the question is: what was it? Flat spot on the tire? It was one
> heck of a stubborn flat spot if it was, it's a good ten-minute drive
> from our house to the highway in the first place, then I turned around,
> went back to the shop, they took it on two test rides, etc. Might it
> have been the parking brake? I know it's been grabbing quite a bit
> lately. Gremlins? I'm out of ideas.
>
> One thing that does concern me is my recent bumping the transmission.
> See my previous posts at:
> http://csclub0.cs.fredonia.edu/Archives/dakota/0005/0934.html
> http://csclub0.cs.fredonia.edu/Archives/dakota/0005/1085.html
>
> With the front Joints going out shortly after, now this, I'm thinking
> maybe I did re-align the tray more than is healthy. I hate to take it
> to our dealership if that's not really a problem, because they'll just
> automatically fix anything that's a millimeter out of factory spec
> whether it needs it or not if you ask them about it.
>
> Any thoughts? Thanks in advance.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Toronto, Ontario
> his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 239 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white
> hers: '98 Dakota Sport 4x4, 318 V8, Auto, Club Cab, black
>
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