Re: strange sounds in my R/T CC

From: W. Jack Hilton III (hemi@mindspring.com)
Date: Wed Jun 17 1998 - 11:22:36 EDT


Yep , my wheel was pointing left while going straight and it also pulled to
the right . I haven't noticed any vibrations though .

At 08:04 AM 6/17/98 -0700, you wrote:
>Jack,
>My R/T had about 6 miles on it when I picked it up and it also was pretty
>far out of alignment. The wheel was crooked when going straight, the truck
>pulled to the right and it vibrated at 80mph. The dealer re-aligned it and
>balanced the tires and its much better now except for a faint high frequency
>washboard style vibration at 90mph that goes away at around 100. I think it
>may be driveshaft alignment or balance. No clunking whatsoever under any
>conditions, at least so far.
>BKB
>
>At 09:45 AM 6/17/98 -0400, you wrote:
>>Hi all -
>>
>>I've had my CC R/T for about a week and a half now and I only have a couple
>>probs .
>>
>>The first thing that I noticed was that when I got the truck , it only had
>>about 25 miles on it and it was noticably out of alignment . Probably from
>>whoever drove it before me , but I just wondered if anyone else noticed the
>>same .
>>
>>
>>The main thing that I have a question on is this .
>>
>>I notice that whenever I am going over an uneven surface that makes the
>>truck kinda twist in a different direction on each end (like when you turn
>>right and enter a driveway or parking lot that slopes up from the road) ,
>>I hear a loud clunking against the floor of the truck .
>>
>>It sounds almost as if the exhaust system is being flexed to a point where
>>it is actually slapping the floor of the truck . I am not totally sure
>>that's what it is , but it seems to be the only reasonable answer since I
>>haven't had a chance to have the dealer check it out .
>>
>>Anyone else had this problem ?
>>Jack Hilton
>>
>>'98 CC R/T "Black Death"
>>
>>
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