[Northkeep] Question for the mechanically inclined.

ld.blackmoon ld.blackmoon at cox.net
Wed Aug 12 09:24:41 PDT 2009


greetings

where is verdigris ?? how far from say 21st and harvard ?
call me , 918-770-5058
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 11:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Northkeep] Question for the mechanically inclined.


> 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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