vibration problem solved
I've been chasing a vibration in my class b rv for a couple of years now and finally fixed it. It was coming from the drive shaft that ,according to the shop that does driveline repairs, was not strai...
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ernie1 wrote:
I've been chasing a vibration in my class b rv for a couple of years now and finally fixed it. It was coming from the drive shaft that ,according to the shop that does driveline repairs, was not straight and needed new u joints and balancing. i don't think the u joints were bad but I had to accept the word of the shop. Over the last two years I've lost hubcaps from the right rear wheel numerous times and once on the left rear. To try to correct this problem I've had the tires balanced and rebalanced and finally had it road force balanced. None of the balances seemed to do any good and I had just installed the second set of tires during this period of time. It was determined that the tires were not defective and causing the vibration. I also purchased a new set of wheel spacers thinking the old set was the source of my problem. No such luck. Finally the only thing left to do was to check the drive shaft for issues. Now that the problem is corrected the rv drives smoothly with no vibration what so ever. I have a 2005 PleasureWay Excel on a Ford E350 chassis.
You were wise to accept the word of the driveline shop about the U-Joints. Imagine if they had left the old ones on. You may have never found the problem
