93egSLEEPER

Hey i have a Jdm B16 swap i have been fighting with trying to find a vibration in my right front. i recently replaced a busted axle, i broke it on the road and it got worse, hoping it would help but didnt change the vibration. I am out of ideas. i have changed the tranny fluid, my axle, tightened all the supporting nuts and bolts, checked wheel bearings so now im thinking it might be a bent intermediate axle, a clutch that is out of alignment, warped flywheel, or some other tranny problem. has anyone had this problem and fixed it?? its just breif so if you want explainations ask me questions.
thanks for any help.

97Ej6mike

A warped, rough or unbalanced flywheel will cause vibrations under acceleration. It doesnt happen often, but it can happen. That may be what it is. How old/new is the flywheel? Has it ever been resurfaced?

93egSLEEPER

I bought the swap (out of an 00 si) with about 45k miles on it and never had the flywheel resurfaced. it looked almost brand new. I am pissed now that it might be the problem and didnt get it looked at. It has been a problem since i swapped it. the only thing is it doesnt speed up or slow down with the engine rpm which doesnt make sense... im stumped right now.

jasony0630

is it a ridiculous vibration?

i dont know if it will help but i have noticed that after oil changes, my accellerator pedal doesnt vibrate as much.....

this prolly wont help but oh well, i tried

93egSLEEPER

naw its not oil. its is definately driveline. its is enough to shake the car lightly and the steering wheel some. its doesnt feel like anything is broken its is more of a out of balance feel.

97Ej6mike

Possible a going-bad tie rod or ball joint?

philosofy1

have you checked your motor mounts. a bad motor mount will mess up your axles, if the motor is not sitting right.

93egSLEEPER

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by philosofy1 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote"> have you checked your motor mounts. a bad motor mount will mess up your axles, if the motor is not sitting right. </TD></TR></TABLE>

i have all new mounts from the swap and i retightened them last week and from what i could see they didnt looked ripped up or broken.

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 97Ej6mike &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Possible a going-bad tie rod or ball joint?</TD></TR></TABLE>

I did notice that my upper ball joint seems loose and has a little bit of play... i wasnt sure if that is normal since it is made to move. I retightened the castle nut and put a new cauder pin in.

hall97civic

just an idea(unless your vibration occurs when you are not moving), how are your tires? A broken belt can cause a vibration, or an unbalanced wheel.
later

93egSLEEPER

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by hall97civic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">just an idea(unless your vibration occurs when you are not moving), how are your tires? A broken belt can cause a vibration, or an unbalanced wheel.
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my tires have about 4k on them... same with the wheels. I had my tires and wheels stolen a couple months ago so replaced them but the problem was there with the old ones too.

hall97civic

Sad to hear that they were stolen. It was just a thought, have had a broken belt cause a vibration before. seems like you have tried about everything else. I guess that you should check your ball joint like previously mentioned. Am I correct that it happens when you are moving, not when you are stopped?
later

93egSLEEPER

yea its only when the car is in gear and accelerating. if i cruise on the freeway it continues also...like a out of balance tire would but i know thats not the problem.

Yea i had 15" Volk TE37's in white and got em jacked while i was asleep w/ the alarm on... idk how they did it.

hall97civic

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 93egSLEEPER &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
Yea i had 15" Volk TE37's in white and got em jacked while i was asleep w/ the alarm on... idk how they did it. </TD></TR></TABLE>

Apparently very very smoothly and carefully. Was you alarm still on, or did they somehow disarm it?
Anyways down to business. I would guess that either a cv joint, an out of balance wheel, an out of balance half shaft, a wore out tie rod end, worn out ball joints, or one of the bearings has a flat spot in it or wore out(doubt that a car could genereate a flat spot on one of the rollers in a bearing, a loaded truck could be a different story). So what all of the above haven't you done?

93egSLEEPER

last week i replaced my half shaft on the right side so all that stuff is new so i know its all fine. my tie rods look alright and the ball joint has SOME play but not enough to vibrate the way it is.. i think. yes they decoded my alarm somehow.

hall97civic

if all the previously mentioned is allright, then the last thing that I could think of(outside of tearing the tranny apart) is that the wheel bearings are not tighened properly(too loose). How in the hell did they decode your alarm?? damn theives A bad ring and pinion inside the tranny could make a vibration, but it would vibrate faster, the more speed you gain. Other than that, I would guess bearings(if it doesn't grind or anything when shifting). good luck man
later.

93egSLEEPER

yea checked the wheels bearings and they are fine also. i think its something wrong with the tranny internally. i guess soon ill be tearing it apart and seeing what wrong.

swapfever101

if the vibration is not present when you press in the clutch more than likely it is either a flywheel or driveline problem somewhere like the intermediate.? hope this helped.

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