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Car Forum / Volkswagen / Water Cooled Volkswagen Cars / May 2008driveline vibration- Rabbit
84 Rabbit- It vibrates the most on the freeway, the faster I go, the more it vibrates. It's not the tires; I've had them balanced and it goes away when I step on the clutch. Advice appreciated. Bad cv joints? Bad wheeel bearings reacting to the torque of drive train? >84 Rabbit- >It vibrates the most on the freeway, the faster I go, the more it >vibrates. It's not the tires; I've had them balanced and it goes away >when I step on the clutch. > >Advice appreciated. Check what Jim says but also............. Check all of those engine/transmission mounts. I suspect the rear transmission mount. > Bad cv joints? Bad wheeel bearings reacting to the torque of drive > train? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] >> >>Advice appreciated. In my limited experience I do not recall doing a rear mount but I suspect I am forgeting one. :-) I do know I did plenty of right side and front mounts. Old age and the fact that it has been probably 10 years since the last mount was changed in a Rabbit. >Check what Jim says but also............. >Check all of those engine/transmission mounts. [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] >>> >>>Advice appreciated. That rear mount would probably allow the powertrain to twist more and maybe even "hop", that is why I was thinking the OP's problem could be this. On the old Rabbits, I used to change the rear mounts more than the PASS side mounts and rarely any of the others. Of course since this Rabbit is 24 years old, it might need all of the mounts. ;-) > In my limited experience I do not recall doing a rear mount but I > suspect I am forgeting one. :-) I do know I did plenty of right side [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] >>>> >>>>Advice appreciated. I was thinking the second Rabbit which was a GTI with only 129,000 miles on it got a new rear mount. I had to reseal the leaky engine, I swapped out the drive axles as the boots were torn, and I do think I replaced that rear mount as it was so covered with gunk that it could not have been good for it. >That rear mount would probably allow the powertrain to twist more and maybe >even "hop", that is why I was thinking the OP's problem could be this. [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>>>> >>>>>Advice appreciated. > Of course since this Rabbit is 24 years old, it might need all of the > mounts. ;-) It's just warming up... lol warming up is right............. My '83 Audi 4000s ('83 VW GTI engine) is almost "broken-in" and running sweet now with just 240K miles on it. <g> IMHO rust is one thing that usually "kills" the old VWs or Audis. > Of course since this Rabbit is 24 years old, it might need all of the > mounts. ;-) It's just warming up...
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