Rear vibrations after burnout...what did I break?
07-05-2006, 02:02 PM
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Rear vibrations after burnout...what did I break? I was driving in 1st at 3500rpms and floored it. I heard a bang from the rear and then started to feel vibrations...almost like I had a flat tire or something. What could I have broken? The vibrations happen at any speed and come from the rear of the car. When I increase the speed I also hear a loud banging noise comming from the trunk area.
It seems like I'm always breaking stuff on my car
It seems like I'm always breaking stuff on my car
07-05-2006, 05:15 PM
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could be carrier too, gm rears are infamous for sheering off the carrier pin and letting it vibrate. then when your just cruisin about 10mph the pin gives the rest of the way and your rearend eats itself and it feels like you slammed on the brakes, then you look under there with it in drive and your driveshaft is steady spinning but guess what... there is no forward motion
07-05-2006, 08:34 PM
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Originally Posted by LS1TechRulez
Bah!
crawled under the car to find a torque arm that has damn near been ripped in half near the axel...took a couple of good chunks out of my drive shaft too
crawled under the car to find a torque arm that has damn near been ripped in half near the axel...took a couple of good chunks out of my drive shaft too
07-05-2006, 09:13 PM
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did it feel like someone took a sledgehammer to the bottom of your car when you were driving it.. because thats what it felt like when my tq arm broke.. a couple days later i heard a similar noise, but more like a grenade, that was my 10 bolt.
07-05-2006, 09:21 PM
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i'm going to go out on a limb and guess you bent the driveshaft or snapped a u-joint. that'll cause vibrations for sure at nearly any speed.
d'oh! *idiot* i didn't read the entire post...at least i was right on the driveshaft...
d'oh! *idiot* i didn't read the entire post...at least i was right on the driveshaft...
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07-06-2006, 05:14 AM
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Originally Posted by LS1TechRulez
Bah!
crawled under the car to find a torque arm that has damn near been ripped in half near the axel...took a couple of good chunks out of my drive shaft too
crawled under the car to find a torque arm that has damn near been ripped in half near the axel...took a couple of good chunks out of my drive shaft too
The adjustable Spohn 405 torque arm is a bolt on part that eliminates mounting the front of the torque arm to the transmission tailshaft, eliminating stress on the tranny. I highly recommend it. Bob
07-06-2006, 12:08 PM
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Originally Posted by carado1984
did it feel like someone took a sledgehammer to the bottom of your car when you were driving it.. because thats what it felt like when my tq arm broke.. a couple days later i heard a similar noise, but more like a grenade, that was my 10 bolt.
It felt more like someone to a jackhammer to the bottom of my car!
The car was shaking pretty crazy on the way to my garage
I ended up ordering the UMI T/A....now I just got to wait for it to arrive!
07-06-2006, 10:26 PM
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I just got back from the track and my slip yoke bushing came out of the tailshaft and caused the car to vibrate and it did make a loud bang right when it happened. Check the slip yoke and see if it moves easily up and down.
