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Old Apr 27, 2016 | 09:44 AM
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Sort of in the 'duh' category, but I figured I'd post it anyways. I had a bad driveline vibration and it had me stumped until I realized it was the camber which was way off. Fixed the camber and it went away. Camber was off after I did the rear end rebuild.







This is because the u-joints being not aligned.

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This is because the u-joints being not aligned.

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Never heard of that before.
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Never heard of that before.

And now you have learned something new. The two u-joints have to operate at the same angles to run vibration-free.
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Never heard of that before.
yeah, I did a bunch of reading - here is a good link:
http://www.4crawler.com/4x4/CheapTri...line-101.shtml

Here's another: http://www.hurst-drivelines.com/file...roc_111606.pdf

The two shafts have to be parallel, they can have misalignment, but need to be parallel, so that the u-joints cancel each other out.

OK, here's another.. lol http://jniolon.clubfte.com/driveline...nephasing.html

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Are the above pics showing before bad camber?
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Are the above pics showing before bad camber?
Yes!
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