strong vibrations over 30 KPH

[13bsigma]

hi guys. jet has decided to give me more grief. just fixed the fuel leak and she now vibrates a lot over 30 kph. started at anything over about 60 kph but now worse. all this happened over the space of 5 kms. i do give her a hard time. dropping clutch a lot in 2nd and 3rd gear. the tail shaft is a 1 piece that has a little play in it.

it is leaking a drip every few seconds from back of gearbox too.
also if i put my foot on clutch the vibrations become noticably worse.
also vibrations happen in any gear even neutral.

could it be:
1 the drip from back of box. . gearbox low on oil and cranky?
2 diff not happy with 260 stalions heading its way.
3 axels not happy either
4 wheel bearing. has been making some noise lately
5 clutch issues.
6 anything else?

[Superscan811]

No.5 is my guess.
I had a clutch plate lose about 1/3 of the friction pad and had a similar issue.

Remove the inspection plate and see if there is a lot of debris in there.
If there is, drop the box replace the clutch and the rear gearbox seal while it's out.

Cheers.

[13bsigma]

ok. i'll do that tomorrow

cheers.

[75wagon]

I bet you've stretched the tailshaft bolts...
Check them. There's only 4....
My Datsun 1200 Coupe used to do it all the time.

[EVL076]

yeah im with dave.
the gk turbo i brought had epic vibes from 60k on wards.
every bolt was loose at the diff flange

[13bsigma]

well the tail shaft turns a little and also moves forward into the gearbox a little and back. . so there is some play in that regards. . that sounds cheap and easy to fix lol. something i dont experience a lot of. hahaha.

i'll check it tomorrow. thanks a lot guys

[75wagon]

Actually take the bolts out and look at them. My Datsun used to stretch them so much they would snap. I replaced mine with Hi-Tensile bolts with Nylock nuts. That seemed to fix it.

that sounds cheap and easy to fix lol. something i dont experience a lot of. hahaha.

This might be why.....

i do give her a hard time. dropping clutch a lot in 2nd and 3rd gear.

If you drive it like that, you WILL BREAK THINGS, and that costs money. If you don't like spending it, don't drive like that.

[13bsigma]

i dont like spending, but i like driving hard lol. thats why i need to get my baleno back on the road. i fang it too much in RWDs lol. plus i'm selling the turbo baleno and doing up a GTX one with a bigger engine that will be N/A. so hope fully not as many breakages hehehe and it will be a sensibly FWD that i dont get fined in fanging on weekends only for me

[13bsigma]

problem solved. was the bolts holding the tail shaft to the diff. so evl and dave were right thanks a bunch guys

the car is ready for its next problem now i will post it tomorrow when it happens hahahaha

[shuggy]

the car is ready for its next problem now i will post it tomorrow when it happens hahahaha

haha i know this feeling alll tooo well. my car has a slight problem with overheating at the moment but its ok so im not gonna fix it, coz if i fix it somethin else will go wrong and it will probably be worse

[13bsigma]

yeah exactly lol. i do the same thing lol. as soon as you fix the prob, another always comes hahaha