[Northkeep] Question for the mechanically inclined.

[Kevinkeary at aol.com]

It's at my home in Verdigris. I've already called work and we don't intend  
to drive it more than necessary.
 
 
In a message dated 8/12/2009 10:07:28 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
ld.blackmoon at cox.net writes:

greetings

just rechecked the symptoms listed, it could be  the diferential, or even 
the 
carrier berring, but it definatly sounds like  the u-joint .
is the truck in the tulsa area somewhere ??
Be Safe , Be  Happy, Have Fun
Arthur
----- Original Message ----- 
From:  <Kevinkeary at aol.com>
To:  <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 12, 2009 8:49  AM
Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Question for the mechanically  inclined.


> Thanks, Arthur, but I've just crawled under my truck  and found nothing I
> can see wrong with either U-joint on the rear  driveshaft. There is no
> discernible play in the rear u-joint,  rotationally or transverse in any
> direction. There is little if any in  the front one. There is a bit of 
play 
> in  the
> rear end  itself.
>
> Any other thoughts on what might be causing this? It  IS worrisome to say
> the least.
>
>
> In a message  dated 8/11/2009 2:09:58 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
>  ld.blackmoon at cox.net writes:
>
> greetings
>
> kevin  just from the description , it sounds like a  rear u joint going  
out
> .,
> do you know how to check it ??
>
> Be Safe  ,  Be Happy, Have Fun
> Arthur
> ----- Original Message -----  
> From:  <kevinkeary at aol.com>
> To:   <northkeep at lists.ansteorra.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 11, 2009  12:50  PM
> Subject: [Northkeep] Question for the  mechanically  inclined.
>
>
>>I (and the finance  company) own a late-model Chevy  Trailblazer, which
>> is sort  of like a preppy Jeep. It has settings for  two wheel drive  and
>> others I've maybe used once for automatic  four-wheel,  four-wheel, and
>> low-range four-wheel drive. This morning  it  developed a vibrating
>> noise, with symptoms I've never  encountered  before.
>>
>> The noise comes up through  the floor in the back,  where the tank (and
>> presumably the  fuel pump) and the exhaust system  (the muffler but the
>>  catalytic converter should be farther forward,  unless acoustics  are
>> doing something funny) and the rear differential  are.  But it only
>> happens at fairly high speeds, over twenty miles  per  hour maybe, and
>> only when there is no pressure on  the  accellerator.
>>
>> It doesn't happen when the  cruise control is on,  presumably because it
>> always keeps  some positive pressure on the drive  system. It doesn't
>> shake  the car or affect its handling or power. The  lightest  feather
>> touch on the accelerator stops it, but it starts   again 1 to three
>> seconds after I let off the gas   completely.
>>
>> I would think if it were a blocked  catalytic  converter, it would be
>> worse when accelerating,  and the same if it  were the fuel pump. It
>> doesn't seem to  fit a wheel bearing or a brake  problem either. I
>> worried  about a U-joint on the driveshaft, but I  found very little  
play
>> in the system when I shifted from reverse to  drive and  back (while
>> holding the brake with the truck motionless),   and no noticeable 'clunk'
>> sound.
>>
>> Any  ideas? Keigan is  driving the vehicle, so if it IS a U-joint  going
>> out, I want to know  that and get it  fixed.
>>
>> Kevin
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