nasty vibe while driving

Could be the alignment (spelling?).

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

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.

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

darthcual said:

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.

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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.

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

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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.

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

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

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?

nxb88 said:

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

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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