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driveshaft hitting underbody after U-joint replacement 200 1984

posted by  someone claiming to be Asleeper on  Thu May 18 14:26 CST 2006 [RELATED]

I had to replace one of the U-joints on the second half of the driveshaft (the section between the center bearing and differential, I went ahead and replaced both anyways.

Upon reinstalling everything and taking the car out for a test drive, I am getting a bad vibration when accelerating from a stop. I looked underneath the car and the driveshaft yoke is hitting the tunnel right after the center support bushing. All of the bolts are tight and the center bushing is in good shape. I also have the driveshaft aligned according to the Bentley manual.

I was not having this problem before replacing the U-joints either.

Btw, the car is an 84 242 turbo with manual trans






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