KyleQ
Hard-core CEG'er
Some history -
Car is a 2000 Contour SVT with a full 3L swap and a Torsen differential. I put a new set of Nitto Neogens on the front and watched the techs balance them out to 0 - that was about 2 months ago. I replaced the drivers side trans mount and checked out the passenger side - very tight. I put an Energy Suspensions poly insert in the front roll resistor some did some custom modifications to make it even tighter. The rear is pretty much shot and if I coast in gear and then accelerate I can hear the metal on metal clang as it loads up. The car has 130K on it as of today - drives very tight and responsive.
I was having some vibrations in the wheel and floor when turning right under speed - so I brought it into a shop and they seemed to think that the wheel bearing was shot (big surprise with 18's on the car) So I drove over to Tousley Ford and bought a brand new knuckle from Steve that had a wheel bearing pressed into it from the factory.
After installing the knuckle the vibrations went away in the steering wheel (the hub was shot, I could wobble it by hand at least 1/4") I did notice when I was under the car that the knuckle and cv shaft had junkyard paint on them - so I was also suspicious of the cv joint. I ordered a new cv joint from my local Checker on Friday night and I picked it up Sat morning - used my 25% coupon and it came to around 45 bucks (can't beat that)
I installed the CV this afternoon - excited to finally get rid of that annoying vibration... Well - after road testing it the vibration almost seems more pronounced - as if the MUCH tighter cv shaft was projecting the vibrations better.
Yeah - it isn't completely together yet. Had problems getting balljoint in... Had to spread apart the pinch joint with a chisel.
One interesting thing - my intermediate shaft bearing slides apart - I don't have to unbolt it form the car to remove the shaft... Is it supposed to do that? I have another friend with almost the same exact setup and he is having the same problem as well. His cv came out the same way - without unbolting that intermediate shaft bearing. The car creates vibrations that are felt in the floor when turning right under speed.
Sorry for the long post - I feel the more information you have, the better you can diagnose the problem without actually being able to drive the car.
Feel free to ask any questions - the vibration goes away when driving straight and does not vibrate turning left.
Car is a 2000 Contour SVT with a full 3L swap and a Torsen differential. I put a new set of Nitto Neogens on the front and watched the techs balance them out to 0 - that was about 2 months ago. I replaced the drivers side trans mount and checked out the passenger side - very tight. I put an Energy Suspensions poly insert in the front roll resistor some did some custom modifications to make it even tighter. The rear is pretty much shot and if I coast in gear and then accelerate I can hear the metal on metal clang as it loads up. The car has 130K on it as of today - drives very tight and responsive.
I was having some vibrations in the wheel and floor when turning right under speed - so I brought it into a shop and they seemed to think that the wheel bearing was shot (big surprise with 18's on the car) So I drove over to Tousley Ford and bought a brand new knuckle from Steve that had a wheel bearing pressed into it from the factory.
After installing the knuckle the vibrations went away in the steering wheel (the hub was shot, I could wobble it by hand at least 1/4") I did notice when I was under the car that the knuckle and cv shaft had junkyard paint on them - so I was also suspicious of the cv joint. I ordered a new cv joint from my local Checker on Friday night and I picked it up Sat morning - used my 25% coupon and it came to around 45 bucks (can't beat that)
I installed the CV this afternoon - excited to finally get rid of that annoying vibration... Well - after road testing it the vibration almost seems more pronounced - as if the MUCH tighter cv shaft was projecting the vibrations better.
Yeah - it isn't completely together yet. Had problems getting balljoint in... Had to spread apart the pinch joint with a chisel.
One interesting thing - my intermediate shaft bearing slides apart - I don't have to unbolt it form the car to remove the shaft... Is it supposed to do that? I have another friend with almost the same exact setup and he is having the same problem as well. His cv came out the same way - without unbolting that intermediate shaft bearing. The car creates vibrations that are felt in the floor when turning right under speed.
Sorry for the long post - I feel the more information you have, the better you can diagnose the problem without actually being able to drive the car.
Feel free to ask any questions - the vibration goes away when driving straight and does not vibrate turning left.
Popping it out wasn't the problem - getting it back in was.. too tight.
