nasty vibe while driving

[KeithGT]

as it states, while cruising around 65-70, its not to bad, you can tell its there, but livable, downshift to 4th and take it up to about 95-100 Track and it feels like the car ganna vibrate itself to death. any ideas? already got the wheels balenced, but to no avail. i know it could be a ton of things, but just wondering if mustangs have anything thats "common" that could be causing this before i go throwing money that i dont have at it. thanks in advance.

Keith

 

[Mustang30240]

sounds like the driveshaft to me, i just replaced mine with the FRPP aluminum one and no more vibration

 

[Shakerhood]

Is it in the seat of your pants, or through the steering wheel?

 

[Marlboro_Man]

Could be the alignment (spelling?).

Have you changed anything lately? When did this start happening?

 

[KeithGT]

Is it in the seat of your pants, or through the steering wheel?

its coming from both, and the shifter. no nothings been changed, just got the car about 3 weeks ago, just trying to get all the little things fixed before i start modding it.

 

[darthcual]

check your drive shaft bolts. They tend to come loose and can cause that bad vibration. Even if they are just a little loose. They should be torqued to 85 ft lbs.

 

[green95gt]

I have had to replace mine twice in the last two years and my car was doing the same thing.

check your drive shaft bolts. They tend to come loose and can cause that bad vibration. Even if they are just a little loose. They should be torqued to 85 ft lbs.

 

[bubba-dough]

I would start with the driveshaft...bolts and u-joints. Bolts that are loose would cause it. If there is any play what-so-ever in the u-joints they are bad. Good luck.

 

[89white50]

sounds like the driveshaft to me, i just replaced mine with the FRPP aluminum one and no more vibration

:Word:
i had the bad vibs in the car and shifter, changed the driveshaft for the FRRP Al. smooth as my moms volvo now, might be an alignment issue or balljoints as well.

 

[strokedandblown]

Make sure your vibe is no engine miss, ive been there before chaning susp. components and all i had a was a burnt plug

 

[RsStanG1987]

Tires, Drive shaft, rotors maybe, rear end probs?????? The list can go on.

 

[nxb88]

i have a vibration to but it seems to be in the steering column. When you move the steering wheel in an up and down motion it has a little play, and when i brake coming from high speeds it shakes erratically. Anybody have any ideas?

 

[CoupedUp]

.... and when i brake coming from high speeds it shakes erratically ...

Hijackin' a thread eh ....
Well if it only happens when you brake .. I'm gonna suggest checking the brakes ... try looking at the rotors to see if they're warped.

To the original poster ... vibrations are a B.
The best way to find the culprit when you've got the shakes everywhere is through the process of elimination ... sometimes a compounding of two or more items out of spec can cause the vibration.

To answer your initial question, no there isn't any "most common" issue with vibrations and your Mustang ... I'm with you, they are the most annoying problem to track down.
Could be anything from a harmonic balancer to an old wheel bearing in the diff ... and everything in between

 

[KeithGT]

well that sucks, lol, oh well, im ganna start checking every moving part tomorrow morning, starting with them u joint bolts, i did check the u joints at one point, absolutly 0 play. i dont know, kinda wondering about my wheel bearings, so im ganna check them tomorrow. thanks guys
keith

 

[KeithGT]

i have a vibration to but it seems to be in the steering column. When you move the steering wheel in an up and down motion it has a little play, and when i brake coming from high speeds it shakes erratically. Anybody have any ideas?

yeah hijacker! :Zip2: lol, j/p, yeah that defiantly sounds like warped front rotors

 

[Shakerhood]

yeah hijacker! :Zip2: lol, j/p, yeah that defiantly sounds like warped front rotors

Most likely warped rotors, but can also be front wheel bearings needing repacked or replaced.