FTO AUSTRALIA

Hi I just had my Teins fitted this morning, had my wheel alignment done
When i accelrate at ard 25-35kmh there is slight shudder that goes thru from the front of the car to the cabin, wats wrong?

No probs at other speeds thou.

Need more info =)

Does it happen in acceleration, braking and/or neither (just rolling)

It's it just soft oscillating or is it really hard shaking coming from the front of the car???

Hi,

From my testing so far, its onli on accelrating, fast or slow pickup of speed will have this vibration. onli btw around 20-40kmh.
Its vibration shudder, not violent...

Can anyone enlighten me?
Thanks.
Sam

that sounds a little weird, you sure its not you shuttering with excitement lol

*chuckles*

Seriously, I'm not sure . . . it's strange that it's only occuring at a certain speed range . . . That just points to gear box (or a specific gear)

if it's occur around the same rpm in all gears, then it might be clutch/flywheel based.

Also you might not be feeling it over higher speeds due to road noise/vibration.

Should get someone else to listen/hear it who knows FTOs in the club in your area and see what they think. =)

if it was from a standing start i could answer it...

maybe bushes ?????
maybe power train somewhere....
with the alignment place you goto do they give you a printout of the results??? if so double check make sure that the wheels are straight

do you have a LSD?

Gav, its not me...i can guarantee i shudder more violently!

I really weird isnt it? only btw ard 20-40kmh will acelarating...

i done have LSD thou...hmm...

I done have a printout out e alignment, but i can guarantee e chap knows his stuff!

Weird!

BTW, I also noticed a knocking sound from the rear, troubleshooted and removed all stuff in e boot, still has the 'clong' sound.
comes on when i go over humps or over slopes...argh...

were the dampers new when you fitted them?

if not, maybe the dampers are screwed and they need a rebuild.

Hi Twistea,

They are new ones striaght out from the box.

Cheers!
Sam

it might have something to do with worn or loose engine mounts???

or it the car was lowered it could be related to the drop links??

you really need to isolate exactly where the vibration is coming from otherwise we can only speculate on the cause of the problem.

hey wildfaye,

my Suspension guy was saying if your going in out of driveways/gutter and you hear a clunking noise, thats your Swaybar's...

but i have no idea about shudder 25-30..


Jono

Rear clanging sound might be the exhaust hitting something if it's an after market item.

Ie, the pipe around the axle hitting the swaybar =P

Hi twistea, my mounts and front droplinks are new too!

Jono, yeah...dats most likely, i onli get the clonk sound when i gover humps and such...btw i am getting new sway bars from whiteline, so i hope it'll go away it dats the prob...hmm...

Madfto, my exhuast is standard...

btw now my front and rears onli have 1 finger clearance, i find it low, will prob go and get it adjusted upwards, hope all this engine/cabin vibration and rear clanking noise is due to e car being too low...

yah, im getting the front adjustable whiteline swaybar fitted this week, hopefully i can feel some improvement.

Might be going to SG in a couple of weeks.. hopefully

Jono

Hi Guys, my rear knocking sound has been rectified.
Apparently, something was lose. Oh well.

The front vibration is still there, I have raised the car to 2 fingers front and rear. Both the garage and the wheel alignment guys said that too low will have this vibration, now dat its higher(but still lower than stock), its not so violent already.

BTW, whoever is planning to fly into singapore for a holiday or watever, please grab some spares like oil filters, plug and such, u'll be plesantly pleased by the price.

how much are the oil filters? plugs there?

Jono

stock oil filters are like 10 each
stock air filters 30 each
stock plugs 10 each
etc etc

i remember when the oil filters were 4 dollars each! Now they hover around 13 bucks!

I have given up trying to find the panel filters, you can get pod filters for 20 bucks these days, so everytime mine gets dirty i just buy a new one!

Stock plugs are 4 dollars if your going non platinum (NGK) Platinums are 22 i think.

Fuel filters are 30 bucks but i get them for 15 (Z441) but a bitch to change, i got a graze all up my arm from trying to loosen the lower fuel line bolt.

Pads are same as a galant HJ 2.0 DOHC

Tranny filter same as lancer

Just deciced to list a few as it makes it easier for people to find parts for:)

Just thinking when i got my car 4 years ago it took me 1 month to get a 9006 becuase no one knew what it was, or seen one in their life!

parts are easier to come by these days lucky

Hi, I have the same problem too, the wheels would just shrudder when you go low speed, hey wildfaye where did you get the problem fixed at? Is it in sydney. How much did it cost ot fix the problem? Thankyou