CbVtR
12th July 2010, 20:23
Ok heres the crack,
I was driving home last week when I noticed my car started to shake at low speeds and even worse as i started to speed up, so I pulled over to have a look i could'nt see anything obvious so I slowly drove home probably around 2 miles.
The next day I jacked the front up and span both wheels, the passenger side was fine, but as I spun the drivers side wheel it would spin half way then slow down and basicly stop, as if the brake disc were badly warped or somthing.
I got underneath the car and span the wheel again then realised that the driveshaft was completly locked into a sort of 20 degree angle so that when I spun the wheel a complete 360 degrees it pushed the whole engine towards the passeger side by about 3 inches. The driveshaft was completly shagged so I thought out with the old and in with the new and went and brought a brand new one and fitted it no problems, new gearbox oil blah blah,,
now for the problem, at motorway speeds 50-70mph and under braking from them speeds I get a vibration through the steering wheel and all three pedals, could I have damaged the engine mounts or gearbox mounts by driving it home.
Any help welcomed.
I was driving home last week when I noticed my car started to shake at low speeds and even worse as i started to speed up, so I pulled over to have a look i could'nt see anything obvious so I slowly drove home probably around 2 miles.
The next day I jacked the front up and span both wheels, the passenger side was fine, but as I spun the drivers side wheel it would spin half way then slow down and basicly stop, as if the brake disc were badly warped or somthing.
I got underneath the car and span the wheel again then realised that the driveshaft was completly locked into a sort of 20 degree angle so that when I spun the wheel a complete 360 degrees it pushed the whole engine towards the passeger side by about 3 inches. The driveshaft was completly shagged so I thought out with the old and in with the new and went and brought a brand new one and fitted it no problems, new gearbox oil blah blah,,
now for the problem, at motorway speeds 50-70mph and under braking from them speeds I get a vibration through the steering wheel and all three pedals, could I have damaged the engine mounts or gearbox mounts by driving it home.
Any help welcomed.