Thread: 300tdi Shuddering/vibrating issue

Originally Posted by spudboy

Young kids do stupid things. That's just life.

Exactly, and thats what insurance is for. And its gonna cost him way more than just the value of the vehicles by the time money grabbers add their markups and other misc costs.

Originally Posted by loanrangie

Exactly, and thats what insurance is for. And its gonna cost him way more than just the value of the vehicles by the time money grabbers add their markups and other misc costs.

I reckon he would have been hard pressed to get insurance, can you imagine the premium for a full comprehensive insurance policy for a 17 Y.O..
BTW I'd be checking the tail shaft uni joints for your Vibration, good luck, Regards Frank.

Originally Posted by Tank

I reckon he would have been hard pressed to get insurance, can you imagine the premium for a full comprehensive insurance policy for a 17 Y.O..
BTW I'd be checking the tail shaft uni joints for your Vibration, good luck, Regards Frank.

Cheers for that.
Insurance is always expensive for a 17 Y.O.
We learn from mistakes and we all make regrettable decisions. However, most probably don't cost in excess of 15 thousand.
I'll have a look at the play in the joints, have quite a few tailshafts/propshafts spare.

Cheers, Aidan

Amongst all the rest of it... might be worth looking at the rear donut (the thing D1s have instead of a rear uni joint) as that can cause shuddering - especially since you say it was there a little bit before the prang. Impact may have stressed things and made it worse after that. If not fixed, they can get so bad they chew out the rear diff yoke, making a little problem bigger...
Good luck
Paul.