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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 12:40 PM
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Recently had a rebuilt tranny plus 3000 stall installed. Installer said that they had trouble lining up the stall and that my torque arm bushing was shot to s**t. Now when i drive at highway speeds 60+ I get this wierd vibrating that comes and goes with and the faster i go, it goes. what could it be, mount or stall?
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 02:49 PM
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Might want to change the mounts and see if that helps and if not take it back to the trany shop for some explanations.
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 02:54 PM
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the stall didn't line up with what? the flexplate? what brand flexplate and stall do you have?
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Old Jan 18, 2009 | 06:05 PM
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when i had a fuddle the lock up clutch would cause my car to vibrate till it finally blew up and took my tranny with it.
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Old Jan 19, 2009 | 04:21 PM
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Check your yolk/u-joints...worth a shot.
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Its a TCI StreetFighter 3000, The guy I took it to tried explaining to me why he didnt like it and how i shouldnt use, he owns a converter shop, just thought he was trying to sell me a stall of his own. Will try the mount and check the yolk/u-joints.
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i don't know what flexplate you are using but a lot of times you just need to spin the flexplate so a bolt will slide through and fit into the converter. a lot of times flexplates will have more than 3 holes. my meziere has 6 holes. when i first tried to line it up to the converter i was like ****, these do not line up. but i knew they did because i checked before i installed the flexplate/converter. it just turned out that i didn't have the correct holes lined up. i found it easiest to put the bolt through the oval shaped hole in the flexplate first and go from there. once i did this everything slid into place perfectly. also, i think TCI stalls use different size bolts than the stock 10mm bolts (i think TCI uses 7/16" bolts).
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Well i didnt change out the flexplate, guy didnt mention what didnt line up. Ordered the bushing for the torque arm, now have to wait and see if it helps
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i am not even sure if the TCI bolts will fit through the holes in the stock flexplate. i assume they would but if they are bigger than stock then that may have caused an issue too. good luck with your problem
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