

| Subject: | Syncro propshaft vibration mystery |
| From: | Richard A Jones |
| Date: | Wed, 23 May 2007 12:57:58 -0600 |
I need help finding the source of a vibration in my '87 Syncro. It started coming home from the Arizona Bus Roundup in '06. It feels like driving on the "wake up" strip along the edge of the lane, but it starts at 25, fades at 55+, comes back at 70+. So 60-65 is a sweet spot with no vibration. I think it comes from the front, since I feel it in the seat, floorboard and the steering wheel. It is not wheel speed, it is faster. Two 5-tire rotations and wheel rebalance show it is not tires/wheels. All half- axles appear good with no CV problems. Removal of the propshaft eliminates the vibration. But two known-good propshafts, one a brand-new GoWesty, show it is not the propshaft itself. I put in 6 new rubber mounts on the front diff and made a laser alignment tool to check the alignment of the tranny and the front diff. Before, there was a very small horizontal misalignment. Now there is none. Vertical difference is 8.5 degrees--not very much. Front diff points down 2.5 degrees; tranny down 6 degrees. Mounts and alignment made no difference in the vibration. Now I am stumped and don't know where to look or what to do next. Any ideas? Any experience with a problem like this? Help! Pictures of the alignment tool I made (simple) and its use are at http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/SyncroAlign [BTW--Jorick Vandaele's post of May 9th on the syncrolist citing http://www.baileymorris.co.uk is very valuable. Under Technical Info are some pages that show why the drive/driven have to be aligned in two planes and can handle difference in the third.] Richard Boulder
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