Front driveshafts/vibration

[matti]

Have a bad vibration through the car when accelerating from 30 mph upwards. Read back through all the old posts and checked the car over. Found the front propshaft uj worn, so i replaced it. Still no better

The driverside front driveshaft appears to have a lot of movement in it. Would this cause my problem?

Anyone have any driveshafts for sale as im struggling to find any?

Only had the car a couple of weeks and ive yet to have a drive in it spent all its time in the garage

[Chris1974]

Have a bad vibration through the car when accelerating from 30 mph upwards. Read back through all the old posts and checked the car over. Found the front propshaft uj worn, so i replaced it. Still no better

The driverside front driveshaft appears to have a lot of movement in it. Would this cause my problem?

Anyone have any driveshafts for sale as im struggling to find any?

Only had the car a couple of weeks and ive yet to have a drive in it spent all its time in the garage

I have one for sale, see the parts section on here.
http://www.escortrscosworth.com/foru...ad.php?t=18413

[matti]

Anyone got a O/S/F driveshaft???

Anyone........?

[Mike Rainbird]

Buy a brand new tripod / spider bearing from Ford / Woodford / Mat Lewis / GGR.....

[escosgaz]

worth try check the engine mounts fella, mine had same problem wer had awful judder from front end at certain speeds, turned out to be the driverside engine mount was fooked and that caused the drive shaft to also fook up- the outer cv joint was bein put under strain and it chucked the towel in, changed my mounts to collins ones and shafts to GGR and been fine since, so worth a nosey at the mounts?

[matti]

worth try check the engine mounts fella, mine had same problem wer had awful judder from front end at certain speeds, turned out to be the driverside engine mount was fooked and that caused the drive shaft to also fook up- the outer cv joint was bein put under strain and it chucked the towel in, changed my mounts to collins ones and shafts to GGR and been fine since, so worth a nosey at the mounts?

Yeah i read some old posts on the subject, got a lever under the mounts and there didnt appear to be any excessive movement in them

But the offside driveshaft looks to have way more movement on the inner joint than the passenger side

[brianwalsh0458]

What about centre bushing on rear propshaft ?

[matti]

What about centre bushing on rear propshaft ?

Checked that out too, seems ok, no cracks or tears in the rubber.

Have sourced a driveshaft now so will update when i get that picked up and fitted

[matti]

Buy a brand new tripod / spider bearing from Ford / Woodford / Mat Lewis / GGR.....

Thanks Mike, no joy from loal ford dealers (again ), spoke to Matt Lewis, he didnt have any but put me on to Paul in north yorks (closer to me as well) and he has some 2nd hand ones so i'll pick one up later this week and give that a whirl

Cheers, Mat

[Mark-C]

is it only at low speed and does it fade as you speed up

[brianwalsh0458]

It's a tough one alright. Wishbone bushes outer balljoints ok ???? Ill ask around the garage tommo for you .

[matti]

is it only at low speed and does it fade as you speed up

No i would have said it was opposite, comes on at about 30/40mph when accelerating, havent gone any faster than 80ish.

Had 4 new tyres, all balanced and checked, and a new uj at the front of the front prop. Still the same, so gonna fit o/s/f driveshaft as that looks like it has excessive play in it, so fingers crossed

[matti]

It's a tough one alright. Wishbone bushes outer balljoints ok ???? Ill ask around the garage tommo for you .

Yes all seems well, antiroll bar/wishbone has been polybushed and no play in anything

[brianwalsh0458]

Bearing in gearbox , pilot bearing maybe!!!! Running out of answers now!

[Simon T]

Could be a wheel out of round, you can still get a vibration even if fully balanced correctly.