So I rarely drive my RL anymore now that my wife stays home. I commute in our civic. So she tells me that my truck is shaking when starting from a stop....hmmmm k that's pretty vague, but I'll go drive it. I noticed a few weeks back when I was driving it from a stop and turning left you can feel a slight shudder. I thought hmmmm wonder if it's time to change the transfer case fluid. So change that......fast forward to tonight. I take the truck out for a drive and notice almost right away if I turn left and give it some gas from a stop there's a shudder of sorts. It goes away after 10mph and drives dead smooth all the way up to 80mph( that's as fast as I went, not that it started to shake at 80 mph). It also doesn't appear to do it going straight, although she swears it does. It never did for me tonight.
Now last year when I changed the oil on my truck I noticed what appeared to be grease on my oil filter and looked like it MIGHT be from the CV boot. No tear was noticeable and clamps were still in place. Change the filter and go on about my business. I just changed the oil again this time and no grease on the filter. That could mean 1-2 things to me. Either all the grease has slung out......our the boot wasn't leaking and it came from who knows what.
Now normally is a CV joint is going bad or is bad you get all kinds of vibrations, clicks, noises, etc. I get none of that. I tried turning left tightly in my cul de sac and no noises, grinding, shudder or anything. Granted this was slow <10mph.
Sooooooo motor mount, or CV? Tires were rotated, but this was there prior to that. Also I checked the torque of the lug nuts and all is well. If I had to guess and I'm terrible at diagnosing anything, is that it's the passenger CV going out. It's an 07 with 118k on it. Everything is bone stock.
Additional info, it ONLY does this from a dead stop, and turning at this point. More noticeable when turning left than right, but apparent both directions.
Now last year when I changed the oil on my truck I noticed what appeared to be grease on my oil filter and looked like it MIGHT be from the CV boot. No tear was noticeable and clamps were still in place. Change the filter and go on about my business. I just changed the oil again this time and no grease on the filter. That could mean 1-2 things to me. Either all the grease has slung out......our the boot wasn't leaking and it came from who knows what.
Now normally is a CV joint is going bad or is bad you get all kinds of vibrations, clicks, noises, etc. I get none of that. I tried turning left tightly in my cul de sac and no noises, grinding, shudder or anything. Granted this was slow <10mph.
Sooooooo motor mount, or CV? Tires were rotated, but this was there prior to that. Also I checked the torque of the lug nuts and all is well. If I had to guess and I'm terrible at diagnosing anything, is that it's the passenger CV going out. It's an 07 with 118k on it. Everything is bone stock.
Additional info, it ONLY does this from a dead stop, and turning at this point. More noticeable when turning left than right, but apparent both directions.