[Roadsters] re intermitant shaking

[Dave Cooke]

Also, do a quick check of the bolts on the driveshaft, I once had an
intermittent front end vibration on my 69 1600 & one day the driveshaft
bolts finally gave & the shaft dropped to the ground. Luckily I was only
just taking off in 1st gear, so no damage. The bolts were easy to replace &
I was back on the road quickly & the vibration was gone.
-Dave Cooke

On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 5:53 AM, Tim <tputland at charter.net> wrote:

> Since this is a fairly new issue and the car has not been worked on by
> anyone else in over two years, I would hope that my drive shaft wasn't bent
> and also don't see how it could happen.
>
> As far as a u-joint, is this something that can just happen? Or does there
> need to be some sort of trauma for there to be u-joint issues?
>
> Same with the drive shaft, would there have to have been some sort of
> trauma under the car?
>
> Tim
>
>
> ---- Vince Strazzabosco <vstrazzabosco at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> =============
> For what it's worth, in my BMW 2002 I had a vibration between 25 and 45 mph
> that went away with speed.  I checked all the wheels on a friend's balancer
> and they were fine.  I removed the driveshaft, and found that the rear
> u-joint
> was binding on one side.  Picture your wrist moving smoothly back and
> forth....now picture it meeting resistance in the center, that's what was
> happening.
>
> Replaced the driveshaft, and all vibes are gone.
>
> vince
>
> --- On
> Mon, 6/1/09, Larry Braddock <larrybraddock at ca.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > From: Larry
> Braddock <larrybraddock at ca.rr.com>
> > Subject: [Roadsters] re intermitant
> shaking
> > To: datsun-roadsters at autox.team.net
> > Date: Monday, June 1, 2009,
> 3:56 PM
> > If new tires don't fix it, itcould be
> > a bent rim.
> >
> > Larry
> >
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