Re: [Amc-list] Eagle Shake

[Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I had a bad steering dampner on the BMW - the input
could be felt thru the steering.

He didn't say anything about the nature of the vibration
except that it occured under acceleration - which will
cock the engine once the Trans. mount / Engine Mount[s]
fail - causing misalignment of the driveshaft and
vibration.

Been there with the Eagle Kammback & sorted thru the
bewildering possibilities until someone pointed out
the Trans. mount failure symptoms.

He did state:

 "while backing up I heard a loud thud and felt something hit the tunnel right between the
front seats. So, I am pretty sure it is a tranny mount."

That is symptomatic of a Trans. mount / Engine mount failure,
and the only way to insure the repair is to replace both.

Replacing a steering dampner is a good idea regardless!




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Ken Ames wrote:
> A more likley cause is a bad steering damper - that shock absorber that connects
> to the centre link.
>
> Ken
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> Quoting Brien Tourville <hh7x@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>:
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>> And on another note, I have been having vibration issues. When I accelerate
>> it gets real bad and I have to let off the accelerator and ease back into it
>> to keep the vibration down. It also gets bad when going up hill. I thought it
>> was something with the front end but pulled the wheels off and checked and
>> everything is in good shape (other than I think the cv joint may be bad). I
>> just recently started thinking it may be a tranny mount and then yesterday I
>> had to turn around (which included backing up an incline) and while backing
>> up I heard a loud thud and felt something hit the tunnel right between the
>> front seats. So, I am pretty sure it is a tranny mount. Now the problem is, I
>> have checked around and no one shows a tranny mount for an Eagle with auto
>> transmission. In fact, they only show it for an SX/4 with manual
>> transmission. Can anyone help with this? Where can I get a mount for this? Is
>> there something else that will work? 
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>> Jamie Smith
>> Spokane, WA
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>> You'll need to replace your Engine Mounts and Transmission Mount.
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>> One tears up the other - so be done with them in one fell'd swoop.
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>> Stay out of loading the driveshaft until you effect replacements,
>> elsewise you can add U-Joints 
>> to the 'Flava'.
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>> CV joint is a whole 'nutha feel and sound entirely - very 'distinct'.
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