7005lbs.
I can’t help but think about 8.1L swaps.
I can’t help but think about 8.1L swaps.
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The restoration/modification of Daisy.
- Thread starter muddysub
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But....it's running so well!
Yeah but there’s no replacement for displacement.
But....it's running so well!
With the Toyota the role of Daisy has shifted a bit
It has. An 8.1 would be awesome but it will be some time before I can tear daisy apart for an engine swap.
beags86
Eastbound and Down
Sub'ed for the turbocharged 8.1 BBC swap.
Man this vibration is getting old, I swear it’s getting worse. It comes on just over 60mph and gets worse from there. We drove about 7hrs today, I crawled around inside the Suburban while Christy drove and the vibration is worse at the back. I’m hoping it’s driveline related. I’m taking the rear driveline in to get balanced this week and pulling the cover on the rear diff. I hope everything is ok in there, that shits expensive to fix.
Have you ruled out tires?
I was thinking the same thing.
No, they’re worn a little funny because my front axle hates me but they’re in good shape. I don’t have another set to swap in for testing. Besides it had this vibration back when I had the generals on it, not this bad but it was there.
When you remove the shaft get some firm degree numbers from the yokes.
swap the tires front to back see if the vibration moves.
I am having some drive-line vibration issues as well on my crew cab. The vibration is only at the diff area. I am going to try replacing the u-joints to see if that fixes the problem. I have heard that a lot of those cheap Chines u-joints these days cannot stand up to any heavy use from large heavy vehicles that have larger than stock tires. They will not completely fail, they will just go out of concentric square, and then cause drive-line vibration. I have heard that Dana/Spicer Life Time series u-joint are the about as good as you can get for a daily driver, but even those will go out of concentric square at some time...just not as fast as some of the other u-joints.
Forget the vibration the wife is driving the rig? I can barely get mine to ride in it, took me years to get her to drive it 2 miles.
I pulled it and dropped it off yesterday.
On the flat surfaces of the yokes, pinion is at 6*, t-case is at 5*. It’s not going to get any better without linking it.
I noticed that at ride height the splines were barely showing, I’ve moved the axle back an inch and shimmed the pinion down since that driveline was built, so it’s stretched out further that it was meant to be. Still plenty of room in it but I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up getting re-tubed to make up the difference. After I get it back I’ll put it up on stands and run it to see if anything else vibrates.
I did that before Blazer bash and it didn’t help.
Oh shit, update time.
She’s smooth again! The rear driveline ended up getting re-tubed to correct the length and some Neapco u-joints. The Spicer joints I put in back in April were both shakey according to Adam’s Driveshaft. I took her up onto the highway and she’s smooth all the way to 90mph. I have a feeling that any remaining vibrations can be attributed to the poly motor & trans mounts.
She’s smooth again! The rear driveline ended up getting re-tubed to correct the length and some Neapco u-joints. The Spicer joints I put in back in April were both shakey according to Adam’s Driveshaft. I took her up onto the highway and she’s smooth all the way to 90mph. I have a feeling that any remaining vibrations can be attributed to the poly motor & trans mounts.
Have a happy new year everyone!
Daisy took us to the Colorado river today. We drove burro wash trail, 30ish mi round trip, pretty rough in places. I need to go through the truck and tighten everything, I’ve been hearing new squeaks & rattles lately. Especially after today.
