From: RCPL-VAN CNIWR <RCPL-VAN_CNIWR@van.reid-crowther.com>
To: "dakota-truck@buffnet.net" <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>,
"dakotart@egroups.com" <dakotart@egroups.com>
Subject: DML: Not-so-good Vibrations
Date sent: 26 Feb 1999 12:03:02 -0800
Organization: Reid Crowther & Partners Ltd
Send reply to: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Well, I haven't been playing the Beach Boys in my truck, so I don't
> why I'm getting vibrations at 80 mph :O) Hey, Keith Phelps, did just
> getting a new 'shaft from Dodge fix the problem? I was playing with
> a 4x4 CC SLT 97+ on the highway this morning and took it up to 105
> mph or so and I could definitely feel the vibes, but when i let off,
> I didn't know if the exhaust was rapping down or the shaft was
> shakin' but boy could I feel it. I don't want my rear seal to leak.
> If I say that my truck vibes at "highway speed" and they replace the
> shaft with another factory replacement, will it fix it? Seems like it
> did for you.
>
> Chad Niwranski
> Abbotsford, BC
> 99 R/T CC b/a
>
Replacing the shaft worked for me. If you can't get the dealer to
replace it you should get it balanced at a driveshaft shop. Make sure
they can do aluminum. Ask them if they weld or epoxy the weights
on it.
|{eith R. Phelps
krp at netnitco dot net
Cat..... the other white meat.
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