dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 11y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 19/08/13 11:28 PM Share Posted 19/08/13 11:28 PM Hi guys for the last few days every-time I accelerate hard there is a noticeable vibration that is becoming worse and worse, seems to be under the driver I can feel it, also a bit of a rattling sound sometime.Gearbox? tailshaft? any ideas guys. When in neutral the car revs to 3-4000rpm, dies down then suddenly kicks around the rev limiter when my foot is flat to the floor.A few of my transmission lines are hanging a bit low I think ive knocked a bracket (I think they are transmission lines).. could this also be a reason why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRK Member 361 Member For: 12y 4m 7d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 20/08/13 12:05 AM Share Posted 20/08/13 12:05 AM Check the exhaust hangers and the cat as a start. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 11y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 20/08/13 12:25 AM Author Share Posted 20/08/13 12:25 AM It's more of a thudding from behind the gear box.. Increases as the speed and/or revs increase .. I think the rattle is seperate.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Jizard GONE FULL WIZARD Donating Members 1,617 Member For: 15y 3m 13d Gender: Male Location: 720 East Kensington Road Posted 20/08/13 01:07 AM Share Posted 20/08/13 01:07 AM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR6T PIG Member 54 Member For: 11y 10m 22d Gender: Male Location: sunny coast Posted 26/08/13 10:49 AM Share Posted 26/08/13 10:49 AM Hey mate mine does the same I have to replace engine mounts and diff bushes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Velocity_ Bronze Donating Members 2,768 Member For: 12y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Victoria Posted 26/08/13 02:07 PM Share Posted 26/08/13 02:07 PM Transmission mount? Best to get someone to look at it before it gets any worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave8888 Member 111 Member For: 11y 11m 26d Gender: Male Location: Surfers Paradise Posted 26/08/13 02:30 PM Author Share Posted 26/08/13 02:30 PM Hey again Tail shaft was knackered, middle and end. New one was installed yesterday 335rwkw and not driven all that hard.. Didn't think it would go so quick ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,128 Member For: 18y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/02/14 10:00 AM Share Posted 28/02/14 10:00 AM Well, my very bad vibrations were so bad it was gettin to the point of embarrassing with passengers in the car. Had to put the car into neutral at the lights to avoid shaking collecting loose change in the footwell But the thing was - all the other stuff that was starting to play up like the exhaust heat shield rattling like a tin drum as it worked it's clips loose So took it around to PitLane in Frankston and Andrew there diagnosed it correctly - had the 2 engine mounts replaced and no more fierce vibrations Apparently it takes 4 hours for the drivers side mount to replace because of the turbo. Passenger side takes 1 hour. Also important to use the genuine Ford parts for this. Andrew recounted a horror story where someone had to bring their vehicle to PitLane after some other shop had done a replacement that lasted only a short while and it cost them owners double effectively. In the pic - L-R is Driver side Engine Mount with significant deterioration and then Passenger side Engine Mount which was not so bad but pay to do both at the same time to ensure all vibrations are My car is a XR6T BA 2004 - so almost 10 years old as of this post. Would say this would start to be a common thing happening with many of our cars that age now Car feels much much better now - like when I first go it 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
discostig Manual mode ________________________ All day, erryday Donating Members 13,798 Member For: 16y 4m 26d Gender: Male Location: Probably above atmospheric pressure Posted 28/02/14 12:14 PM Share Posted 28/02/14 12:14 PM Yeah this is something I'm thinking about more and more often. Loves to vibrate in gear at lights so I'm always in neutral. Ralphie reckons the solid billet mounts would be OK in an auto so possibly going to go that route when I can justify the spend. Car is approaching 7 years old and has ticked over 224,000km just this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDaifu Cruise Whore Moderating Team 5,128 Member For: 18y 8m 14d Gender: Male Location: Melbourne Posted 28/02/14 01:37 PM Share Posted 28/02/14 01:37 PM ticked over 224,000km just this morning. I thought my 165,000km was gettin on !!! Suggest you do it soon then Stevo - I can tell you now it's worth every cent Also, I was havin really strong shaking - it was startin to detrimentally affect other components which just adds up $$$ to repair as well. You know what they say - prevention way far better then the cure 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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