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Car vibrates over 40 mph? (mechanic ripped me off..)

Hello,

I recently moved to a new town, and have yet to find a honest mechanic here. I've been ripped off a couple of times so far... (Asked for some work not to be done, but was done anyway and car held hostage until payment.. etc.)

OK, so before I try someone new, I want to get some other opinions as to what the problem might be.

The car is a 1993 Toyota Camry with about 173k.

While on a highway trip several months ago, I became aware of vibration that occurs between 40 MPH and 65 MPH. It only occurs when my foot is on the gas. Coasting is no problem.

Lately it's gotten a lot worse, and I think the "vibration band" has widened somewhat.

Tires are about 1 year old look fairly good. Car was aligned and balanced when the tires where put on.

Prior to leaving for the trip I had the oil and transmission fluids/filters changed.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

David

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David
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I'm not an expert, but you could have a bad CV joint or one of your half axles in front could be bad. The CV joints are the most likely thing to be bad on a car w/ that many miles if they haven't been replaced yet. If the CV boots are torn, you get crud in the joints and everything starts to go to hell in a couple thousand miles of driving. When they get sloppy, you might also notice some clunking or grinding sounds. Vibration is another sign that they could be about to fail completely because your axle is no longer turning on it's own center. Make sure you at least check both CV joints and half axles, as well as the CV boots.

Good luck, - Jeff G

Reply to
Bubba Kahuna

Bad half shaft (CV joints)

Reply to
Jim

engine mount

Reply to
TCS

Definitely sounds like a bad inner CV joint. This is exactly what they do, at the speeds they do it.

Reply to
SN

Yea, could be that too...

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Jim

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