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Long story short, the 1-piece aluminum Driveshaft Shop driveshaft that I bought off the classifieds has been a snowball of trouble. Right from the beginning, I spent 2 days trying to hunt it down because I thought the package was lost or stolen… turns out USPS delivered to a neighbor on a completely different floor.<\/p>\n
The driveshaft certainly looked new and visibly showed no signs of defects. Once installed, I immediately noticed a vibration\/rumbling through my seat exactly in the 3000 RPM to 3300 RPM range. Since I never really noticed the vibration previously, the immediate culprit was thought to be the new driveshaft. <\/p>\n
Upon further thought, because the vibration occurs at the same RPM through all the gears, where the driveshaft will spin at different speeds depending on the gear, the issue should lie more upstream. More than likely, I’m thinking my transmission’s flywheel might be slightly off balance or there’s something going on with the clutch itself. Regardless, I wanted to find a resolution quickly and wasted no time actioning it. <\/p>\n
On a Tuesday night, the day after the alignment, I drove back to my work’s parking after the gym and met up with my buddies Haroon and George. Huge thanks to Haroon for helping me underneath the car and George for making an emergency trip to his house to grab his floor jack. The prevailing motif with this S13 is the amount of good help I’ve been receiving from people around me, these moments do not go unnoticed. <\/p>\n
This is what midnight on a Tuesday looked like. <\/p>\n
<\/a><\/p>\n Haroon with the prize in hand. <\/p>\n