Vibration At 15mph

[scotthaynes]

Hi this is my first post!

 

I have recently purchased a tdi galaxy and being a mechanic i like to look over my cars before i put my family in them!

 

I really love this car but have found so many small problems but these seam to be really common so no big problem,

I do have one problem that i cannot seam to fix?

 

I have a vibration ffom the front end (drivers side) i have replaced the front wishbones drop links and drive shaft and the vibration has gone,

 

But i now seam to have another vibration that comes at 15-20mph and only in 2nd gear when taking power, i,m not sure but i,m thinking intermediate shaft bearing or top strut mounts?

 

Does anybody have any suggestions?

 

/scott

[Neils TDi again]

Scott

 

if the vibration disappears as soon as you reduce power then it's almost certain to be the inboard drive shaft joint.

 

The joint has a habit of wearing one of the three bearings and it then runs out of balance when under load.