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Old Dec 24, 2008 | 09:28 PM
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Bad Trans Mount?

Crawled under my truck I can get about an inch of movement out of my mount and whole drive train is this normal.
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 07:53 AM
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Mine does same thing. Been like that since new.
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 08:06 AM
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believe their has to be some give or something would twist or break
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 09:53 AM
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I don't know what it is then. When I take off in second I have a shutter in my drive line and a sqweeeeeeek sound. It started doing this before the DD was installed now it is getting worse.
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 10:05 AM
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I had the same feeling in mine, I got a new tranny mount, the old one felt the same as the new one. I don't know about the shudder. Could be u-joints...
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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Yeah, mine has been like that for 102,000 miles.
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 02:06 PM
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check the carrier bearing it could be going out maybe
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 11:27 PM
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I don't have a carrier bearing.
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Old Dec 25, 2008 | 11:48 PM
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not sure about the squeak but i know when my truck had a shudder the dealer was saying it could be the flywheel springs coming apart apparently it is prone to happen . wasnt sure if the shortbeds had a carrier bearing
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Old Dec 26, 2008 | 05:10 PM
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I don't know what it is then. When I take off in second I have a shutter in my drive line and a sqweeeeeeek sound. It started doing this before the DD was installed now it is getting worse.
Sounds like a U-joint going out. Look for red dust on the joints and feel them after a drive. The bad one will be hotter than the other ones.
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Old Jan 26, 2009 | 07:29 PM
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flywheel springs? what flywheel has springs? u mean clutch disc maybe in a manual tranny.
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 10:31 AM
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what flywheel has springs?
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 10:44 AM
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what flywheel has springs?
G56 trucks have a dual-mass weighted flywheel with integrated springs...

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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 10:48 AM
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u joint can squeak if they are dry and shudder on take off/decel from slight change in driveshaft angle...i would start there
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Old Jan 27, 2009 | 03:22 PM
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whats a g56 truck?
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