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Vibration under acceleration from 40+ MPH, I need help!

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Old Sep 10, 2003 | 11:15 PM
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Vibration under acceleration from 40+ MPH, I need help!

Whats up guys, long time no see What the heck happened to the forum? Hahah, theres all sorts of weird colors now..

Well anyways, heres my cars latest problem. The car vibrates really badly if I am pushing on the gas from 40+ MPH. When I say pushing on the gas I mean if I add any throttle, the more throttle pressure the worse the vibration. Now if I put the car in Nuetreal the vibration is completly gone.


Heres a little history of my car and it's problems. Last winter I had both wheel bearings go on me. I neglected to change them for quite some time. They got to the point where the wheels where about to fall. I guess was hoping the problem would just go away, JK. Now after these where both replaced I still had a vibration. However the vibration has gotten much worse in the last few weeks.


For the heck of it I changed my 18' for my 17' rims. This made no difference at all, just as I suspected.... It seems something is wrong in the drive train, but what? Any ideas? Please help me out. Maybe the half shafs are damaged?


Thanks in advance,

Ethan
Old Sep 14, 2003 | 09:47 PM
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You must have beat on your car pretty bad. It is the dead stop launches that kill a Maxima. Especially since they have so much TQ these days.
Old Sep 14, 2003 | 10:20 PM
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when i got my wheel bearing changed they said that since i drove on them for too long they had to change the hub too....dont know if that made a difference or what not for you to check that out.
Old Sep 15, 2003 | 01:05 PM
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Ethan...did you get my e-mail?

Old Sep 15, 2003 | 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by K Pazzo 6
when i got my wheel bearing changed they said that since i drove on them for too long they had to change the hub too....dont know if that made a difference or what not for you to check that out.

Yes very true. If you don't change the bearings right away there can be excessive rub off on the hub.
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