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General Category => Hybrid/Tech => Topic started by: Jorsher on April 06, 2010, 10:37:37 AM

Title: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: Jorsher on April 06, 2010, 10:37:37 AM

yo yo yo yo

This isn't really a big deal because it runs fine...but just curious if it's something to worry about before something worse goes wrong.

Sometimes when accelerating in the CRV, or soon after it shifts (auto), there will be a "shaking" and it seems to be coming from the passenger side.  It goes away after a second or two.  Seems to be transmission/driveshaft/joint related but I have no clue what it could be past that.

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: jagojon3 on April 06, 2010, 12:22:28 PM

Does a CRV have U-joints? That happened on my old explorer when they went bad.

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: michigan_soler on April 06, 2010, 03:55:19 PM

Same style cv's as civic iirc. Check your lug nuts... I know they cause random shakes too

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: jagojon3 on April 08, 2010, 12:12:27 AM

I meant in the front to rear driveshaft

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: highroller54 on April 08, 2010, 12:36:47 AM

yes it has u joints on the rear shaft, the rear diffs like to chatter to if they haven't been kept up on fluid changes.

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: malichite on April 09, 2010, 01:50:45 PM

Quote from: michigan_soler on April 06, 2010, 03:55:19 PM

Same style cv's as civic iirc. Check your lug nuts... I know they cause random shakes too

Usually find it is less vibration and more of a solid clunk when you start rolling and hit the brakes.  At least for me.  I would check the rear diff also to make sure everything is solid. 

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: michigan_soler on April 09, 2010, 02:28:04 PM

oh yeah that sounds like the actual drive shaft (front to rear) U-joints...  most trucks i drive with that problem is the u-joints.

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: 92CXyD on April 09, 2010, 03:07:55 PM

My Previa does that when the rear aluminum drive shaft gets out of balance.

So how fast have you had the CRV at?

I bet it has been to 100mph or more. I've notice these drive shafts do not like prolong 100mph + unless they perfectly balance and the u-joints lubed. Especially the 1st gens.

You will be replacing the drive shaft assembly soon. ;)

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: theidealone on April 09, 2010, 04:19:44 PM

I remember feeling something similar... My CV nut had worked itself loose. But I could also feel mine in the steering wheel, obviously.

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: malichite on April 09, 2010, 04:58:16 PM

That was probably your bearings coming loose.

Title: Re: 1998 CRV randomly shakes
Post by: Jorsher on April 09, 2010, 10:36:35 PM

It's not mine, just a friend's that I maintain :-\

Maybe has been driven over 100mph, but not by the current owner.  It seems to be coming from the front passenger side.  I will check out the u-joints.  Then again, maybe it's just fluid.  It's been leaking fluid slowly but I haven't had the energy to peer underneath until the other day and saw it was coming from the transmission side of things.

Thanks