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HELPS Help motor shaking

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  • Start date Start date Jul 1, 2004
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89saleenclone

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Everyone told me it was most likely the driveshaft is bad so I just got and installed a new ford racing driveshaft. BUT its still doing it. I recently replaced the clutch cable for 2nd time in 10 weeks. So I think it might be the clutch, BUT I really don't know. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE HELP I'M LOST. By the way the clucth was installed about 12 weeks ago.
PLEASE HELP
 

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check your balancer
 

RyanSG

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does the motor shake when it's out of gear? Even if you just rev it? If it does and it sounds liek it's the balencer. Whatever you do if it is the balencer DON'T RUN THE MOTOR! You'll damage the crank if not and probebly will damage other things as well.
 
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Yep a bad balancer can really mess some ***** up.
 
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89saleenclone

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It dosen't shake when the car is out of gear. And I can hear a very bad metal to metal sound comming from what I think is the transmission area.
I wash my car is that hits4pay real???????
 

dastang2

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try motor mounts
 

89MustangGX

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What is this, a guessing game?

List the symptoms as best you can, and then maybe we can point you in the right direction. Randomly guessing/changing parts is expensive and a waste of time.
 

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he said he heard something like the tranny hitting some metal and also said something about it not doing it when not in gear so that pretty much narrows it down some to mounts
 

89MustangGX

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dastang2 said:
he said he heard something like the tranny hitting some metal and also said something about it not doing it when not in gear so that pretty much narrows it down some to mounts
Click to expand...

Yeah...that was after with no description multiple people agreed he has a bad balancer.

I want to know if it's while driving or sitting still? Does it change with engine RPM or speed? Is it really a vibration, or just noise?

There's alot more info that can be useful. It may very well be mounts, but it still seems like a guess at this point.
 

HISSIN50

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ill take a stab at it. it is something in the motor or drivetrain.

seriously, as Adam said, we need every bit of info you can give. does it vib at idle. how about when you rev it in neutral? same two questions but in gear this time.
and when actually driving?

metal to metal *COULD* be as simple as the exhaust hitting the DS (clearance issues or MM or TM). the alum DS is bigger in diameter than the stocker.....

dont act on this - it is just info and things i would try.

follow Adam's sage advice.
 

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anyways i was just saying to check the motor mounts
 
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