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Sep 19, 2005 | 01:34 PM

Red Cell

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shifter shaking

I was driving in the rain last week and got on the gas a lil hard, when the rear tires broke loose my shifter shook back and forth really hard untill the tires stopped spinning.
it really freaked me out!!

what broke? any ideas?

98 camaro ss m6

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Sep 19, 2005 | 04:48 PM

Cal

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Probably nothing broke. As the tires oscillated between breaking loose and regaining grip, the change in torque load made the trasmission twist and shake the shifter.

Sep 19, 2005 | 05:38 PM

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Could it also be his mounts? I know my dd's (240sx) shifter used to look like it was doing laps around the console because the tranny and motor mounts were shot. After I replaced them it's solid as a rock. I hear that F-car tranny mounts breaking is somewhat common.

Sep 19, 2005 | 06:06 PM

Red Cell

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I will look into that, thanks for the advise

Sep 20, 2005 | 01:23 AM

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Are you still having the shifter move on you, or just that one time?

You might have a tranny mount go bad.

Peace,
Craig.

Sep 20, 2005 | 02:42 AM

Red Cell

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Quote:

Originally Posted by CRAGER

Are you still having the shifter move on you, or just that one time?

You might have a tranny mount go bad.

Peace,
Craig.

Its still doing it, After the first time I noticed it, I put in a new poly tranny mount. it seemed to help just a small bit =(

Maybe I need a torque arm? but its not wheelhop