Date:         Sun, 28 Sep 2003 18:26:45 -0700
Reply-To:     Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Zoran Mladen <zmaninco@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vibration in '85 Westy
Comments: To: Dave <dboan@BLUECRAB.ORG>
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Hey Dave,

A question to isolate the potential problem.

Do you experience the vibration if you take the tranny
out of gear and simply coast?

Z

--- Dave <dboan@BLUECRAB.ORG> wrote:
> I have an '85 Westy with a persistent vibration in
> both the car body and
> the steering wheel that starts at about 45mph.
>
> It has been a problem for about a year and slowly
> getting worse.  I
> wrote about it a few months ago after I installed Go
> Westy alloy wheels
> and the vibration did not go away.  I got some good
> feedback from this
> list that if I was sure the wheels were balanced
> then I needed to look
> at the suspension.  My mechanic says the wheel
> bearings, cv joints etc
> are all in good shape and referred me to a good tire
> shop.  They found
> two of my new wheels out of balance and did a
> "forced balance", meaning
> moving the tire on the rim.  That helped, but it is
> still there.  One
> odd thing - it is worse when accelerating and
> decreases when I take my
> foot off the gas pedal.
>
> I am guessing I have bad motor mounts.
>
> Has anyone ever run into anything like this?
>
> BTW, I have four steel 14" rims if anyone wants to
> come and get them.
>
> Dave Boan
> dboan@bluecrab.org
> Easton, MD


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