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95 GT feels like I am riding on rumble strips

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Old 12-13-2014, 11:06 PM
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Default 95 GT feels like I am riding on rumble strips

First time I have taken her on the highway since I got her. At nearly exactly 60mph the car begins to vibrate like I am rumble strips. The vibration is NOT in the wheel. It is the entire car. It eases up if I press down on the throttle and gets worse when I let off. Maybe drive shaft?
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Old 12-15-2014, 02:42 AM
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Harmonic balancer, driveshaft, somewhere in the driveline. Is it t5 or aode? If its a t5 will it do it lets say top of 3rd or 4th? Are your wheels and tires good?
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Old 12-15-2014, 10:09 AM
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Sorry, what is t5 or aode?
Tires and wheels are new, I experienced it just after I left the shop. I have never taken it on the highway though so I don't think it's anything they did.
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Old 12-15-2014, 01:20 PM
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t5 is manual aode is auto
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Old 12-15-2014, 01:36 PM
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If its not making any vibrations at all while in neutral and revving the engine, then its not the Harmonic balancer.

Speed related vibrations are drive line related. I suspect you have a Ujoint that is bad/frozen up. That's what my 94 felt like at about 65 and the rear Ujoint was locked up on one of the sides.
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Old 12-15-2014, 01:45 PM
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Thanks, it's an Auto.

Originally Posted by dawson1112
If its not making any vibrations at all while in neutral and revving the engine, then its not the Harmonic balancer.

Speed related vibrations are drive line related. I suspect you have a Ujoint that is bad/frozen up. That's what my 94 felt like at about 65 and the rear Ujoint was locked up on one of the sides.
Are there any other symptoms for a bad ujoint?
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Old 12-15-2014, 01:56 PM
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I know on trucks they sometimes squeak or they actually do seize up like dawson said
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Old 12-15-2014, 03:11 PM
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Really sounds like Ujoint, finding posts online with similar symptoms. Looks like it may not be that hard to replace.

http://www.allfordmustangs.com/forum...-symptoms.html

http://www.stangnet.com/mustang-foru...joints.433281/
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Old 12-17-2014, 09:38 PM
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It's your torque converter shuttering. Go to advance get a tube of shutter fix forgot actual name put it in ur dipstick tube..
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Originally Posted by blueboosted95
It's your torque converter shuttering. Go to advance get a tube of shutter fix forgot actual name put it in ur dipstick tube..
Wouldn't it go away though if it were that? This doesn't go away, just gets a little bit better if I give it some gas.
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