And the occasional clutch judder ?

The vibration of the floor can have multiple causes, starting with unbalanced wheels and ending with a loose CV shaft counterweight or bad toe angle. The clutch: might be as simple as adjusting the clutch cable or bad gear shifting technique, but as bad as a clutck kit on its last thread. You have to give as much details as possible if you expect proper help from us. And remember, she might want vibrations back after you fixed it, so...

A soft or broken engine mount or gearbox mount could give you both those symptoms together.

Car drives well othwewise..

This one ?

On Ebay Is this difficult ?
 

Take a look underneath to check that's what it is. I'm only going on past experience with transverse engined Austin Rover cars but it's the most visible before going through the rest of Adurer's check list.

(In my days with the Austins it would be one of three things - clutch contaminated with oil, soft or broken engine mounts or, on the early cars, broken or weak rubber drive shaft joints but we don't have the latter on these.)

iansmith

The golden rule of car repair is "Check first, gather evidence, only then buy parts."

If you have too much money, you can disregard it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you Adura for your very valid input.

 

There are no rattles to indicate that but I shall check the counterweight is not loose,

 

The steering wheel does not vibrate or shake at any speed.

 

There is no noise from the CV when driving,

but could be checked over first.

 

A clutch is about £250+ for a garage mechanic to undertake for me in Londonish England.

I am 68 + and a bit beyond heavy work.

 

And Thank you Red Studio for your excellent input.

"A soft or broken engine mount or gearbox mount could give you both those symptoms together."

£16.99 for a gearbox mount is not a lot if that is the likely culprit, and an easy fix

 

But this is a minor problem, I don't sit in the passenger seat, and she aint that bothered.

Car does drive well otherwise..

 

 

Edited 30 November, 201312 yr by iansmith

iansmith

You have to be more specific. Keep repeating "car drives well otherwise" doesn't help at all. We don't assess what's good here. We expect relevant information that could help a mechanic replicate the issue such as:

- at what speed it happens?

- does it clunks when you drive off or brake?

- does it happen when stationary and revving up the engine to a certain speed?

- does it happen on flat road or only over bumps?

- does it happen going straight and/or in turns?

- how many miles in CV, clutch?

- when had the car a wheel alignment?

- did you replace or repair something recently?

- was the car involved in a crash? hit a large pothole?

- is the vibration an old problem that amplified gradually or was it a more sudden event?

 

Imagine you're at a doctor. If you're just telling him "when it rains my bones ache a little, but otherwise I'm fine" he'll just tell you "go home, you're old".