Heres the deal the saturn decided to get the shakes. I thought it was the front tire because it had a buble on tne sidewall. Well it wasnt. It shakes at about 50 mph on up but only in gear and acellerator at half pedal. The harder you push the pedal the worse it gets. Does not do it if your just rolling even at highway speeds. If the car is in nuetral it wont do it at all....even with acellerator being pushed in gear itll do it but only when pedal is applied half way or more. I checked tires engine / trans mounts struts and every suspension part you can name. Tire pressures are good nothing seems wrong. Tne only thing I can come up with is it is in the clutch...... maybe? Clutch does not slip and there is no odd noises present . I am so lost i have never had a clutch issues in any car so besides slipping or grinding idk what the else to really expect.....all help is appreciated ...... thanks guys.
vibration that I cannot figure out.
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could be an inner cv joint
How did you check your engine and transmission mounts?
It's probably not wheel/tire/suspension related if it only happens in gear and gets worse as more throttle is applied. My bet would be on mounts, axle or maybe a dying fuel pump.
It's probably not wheel/tire/suspension related if it only happens in gear and gets worse as more throttle is applied. My bet would be on mounts, axle or maybe a dying fuel pump.
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It's not the engine hiccuping it feel like a wheel balance issue. It gain speed just fine and everything. I wondered about a cv shaft. How would I actually check it though the boots aren't torn
All the mounts are less than 4 months but visually inspected and used a pry bar
+1 on CV joint.
I grabbed the passenger side inner joint sure enough there is a noticable amount of side to side play with a clunk to it the other side is much tighter. That's pretty proof positive the joint is bad right?
no they are meant to slide in and out.
You have something that distorts under load so it's not centered on its axis and then shakes. Probably not going to find it prying under there, you have 400 ft lbs of torque going through it at highway speeds in OD and 1600 ft lbs in low gear.
You have something that distorts under load so it's not centered on its axis and then shakes. Probably not going to find it prying under there, you have 400 ft lbs of torque going through it at highway speeds in OD and 1600 ft lbs in low gear.
In and out yes the on is side to side . The one moves a little bit and the other side moves a lot
Both axles ended up being bad thank you guys for all the help.
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