Thread: Judder in drive at standstill- auto or timing?

According to the ZF w/shop manual juddering/shaking when moving off in D (Drive) is a damaged "A" clutch, solution "Repair gearbox" (very helpful).
But as you are saying it is shaking when stationary, I would be looking for something unbalanced, first I would check that the bolts/nuts holding the torque conv. to the flex-plate (auto flywheel) are tight and no damage to the flex-plate, and don't laugh check the G/box bellhousing to engine bolts are all there and tight.
Second I would check that the front engine crank pulley/dampner is tight and not wobbling around. Would also take off the serpentine belt and see if the shaking stops, could be the fan or one of the ancillaries, good luck, Regards Frank.

G'day Frank,

Thanks for the feedback. I hope it isn't a problem in the gearbox! There is no problem when moving off, just when stationary in drive or reverse. Just a bit of a minor shake going on- enough to get the back door vibrating which in itself makes it seem a lot worse (I need to get a new fitting for the dovetail thing to remove the play).
I'll try taking the belt off and see if that helps. I have noticed the tensioner moves up and down a bit. Could that be the timing doing that?
The other ancillary problem I have is that my wife has now zeroed in on how much time and money is going into the Disco! She's saying it is a false economy spending time tinkering on a car with 400k clicks on it. Talk about kicking a man when he is close to the finish line. I keep thinking if I wanted to get a nice D3 or D4 I would be parting with more than $30k and buying into the brave new world of computer managed engines...

Chrs

Mark