88mustang50207

have a 88 lx 4cy car that has a 5.0 a standard tranny,on the drive shaft where it goes into the tranny there is a round thing that rides on the driveshaft,had to change the tranny and put it all back to gether and the car vibrates at high speeds,what is that ound thing and is it needed?

FuzzyDiceRule

is it detatched from the tranny, my guess is its a driveshaft loop

88mustang50207

it just slides over the driveshaft where the front u-joint is,its just a round heavy piece of metal

94gtcoupe

sounds like a drive shaft loop to me too, got a pic by chance?

88mustang50207

no I dont have a pics,I thought a driveshaft loop was mounted the the chassis somehow,,this thing just rides on the shaft,is'nt mounted to anything,to me its just a usless piece of heavy metal thats annoying at high speeds,lol

94gtcoupe

yea drive shaft loops do mount to the chassis, i must of miss understood you, try to get a pic and i'll be able to tell you for sure what it was

Li0nHart

i got one of them too..ar you talking about that huge round "flywheel" type thing on the tranny end of the shaft...if you are then i think it is for centrifigul momentum with the 4 cylinder engines...it has a lot of mass and would act to help keep the rpms up when shifting gears..

88mustang50207

here is a picture of it