Lucky 8 propshaft vibration.
#21
Good lord, how I want a good mechanic!
Just got back from arguing with the guy who installed the propshaft. He swears up and down that the mismatching could not possibly make any difference. And that I'd feel the driveshaft at 40km/h not 100.
Think I'll do it myself tomorrow.
Land Rover shop that doesn't suck in Toronto? Anyone?
Just got back from arguing with the guy who installed the propshaft. He swears up and down that the mismatching could not possibly make any difference. And that I'd feel the driveshaft at 40km/h not 100.
Think I'll do it myself tomorrow.
Land Rover shop that doesn't suck in Toronto? Anyone?
#22
#23
Good lord, how I want a good mechanic!
Just got back from arguing with the guy who installed the propshaft. He swears up and down that the mismatching could not possibly make any difference. And that I'd feel the driveshaft at 40km/h not 100.
Think I'll do it myself tomorrow.
Land Rover shop that doesn't suck in Toronto? Anyone?
Just got back from arguing with the guy who installed the propshaft. He swears up and down that the mismatching could not possibly make any difference. And that I'd feel the driveshaft at 40km/h not 100.
Think I'll do it myself tomorrow.
Land Rover shop that doesn't suck in Toronto? Anyone?
#24
The marked bolts (as in it's rotated from the original). He's not wrong that it shouldn't make a difference with a new shaft. But, should and might are two different things.
Of course, in driving it tonight, I'm starting to think it's something with the engine as it only happens under power and might not be a vibration at all.
Something making the engine run rough? No codes, but might be.
#25
Wow! And super responsive to boot!
A friend of mine had his rotoflex replaced at a local shop and they said they had to make a tool to remove [something]. He doesn't remember. I suspect it was some kind of puller because even though they are a 4x4 driveshaft shop, they get a confused look whenever you drive up in an import. They said they had to weld something to a pair of vice grips. Sounded fishy.
A friend of mine had his rotoflex replaced at a local shop and they said they had to make a tool to remove [something]. He doesn't remember. I suspect it was some kind of puller because even though they are a 4x4 driveshaft shop, they get a confused look whenever you drive up in an import. They said they had to weld something to a pair of vice grips. Sounded fishy.
#26
#27
But I suppose I could have been really lucky.
Of course, in driving it tonight, I'm starting to think it's something with the engine as it only happens under power and might not be a vibration at all.
Something making the engine run rough? No codes, but might be.
Something making the engine run rough? No codes, but might be.
But if you think that might be it, very carefully note when the vibration occurs, then swap back your original one and go back to the same road, same load, same speed, same acceleration, same engine temp and see if it happens.
#29
I acknowledge that Lucky8 has a strong reputation in this and other forums but in my case there were unreturned PMs, unreturned phone calls, and finger pointing capped by silence when I suggested a price adjustment to at least partly compensate for the hours and hours and hours I spent to modify the product to get it to fit my truck. As with the driveshaft discussed here the product fault lay with the manufacturer, not Lucky8.
#30