Vibration under acceleration after 80E swap
#1
Vibration under acceleration after 80E swap
Since doing the 80E swap I am getting a vibration under acceleration. It is most noticeable at low speeds and shakes the whole truck. It is less noticeable at high speed. During normal driving it does not seem to vibrate. This never happened before the 80E.
It's the stock 2-piece driveshaft. Had the slip yoke, u-joint, and center support bearing replaced and the entire assembly balanced when the 80E went in.
My pinion angle should be okay, it did not change by swapping transmissions. But the angle of the 1st shaft to the slip yoke may have. Anyone had to shim the trans?
It's the stock 2-piece driveshaft. Had the slip yoke, u-joint, and center support bearing replaced and the entire assembly balanced when the 80E went in.
My pinion angle should be okay, it did not change by swapping transmissions. But the angle of the 1st shaft to the slip yoke may have. Anyone had to shim the trans?
#3
TECH Senior Member
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Nobody addresses this issue with the 80e swap but I raised discussion about it a long time ago. Although the length of the 60 and 80e trannies are very similar the mounting position for the transmission mount is much different such that the height of the output shaft is significantly different between the two. This leads to differences in driveshaft angle, likely accounting for the vibration. I've had this issue as well and have minimized it but not completely eliminated it. My truck is so low to the ground I can't get under it to measure the driveline angles and haven't had a chance to get it up on a lift.
#4
Nobody addresses this issue with the 80e swap but I raised discussion about it a long time ago. Although the length of the 60 and 80e trannies are very similar the mounting position for the transmission mount is much different such that the height of the output shaft is significantly different between the two. This leads to differences in driveshaft angle, likely accounting for the vibration. I've had this issue as well and have minimized it but not completely eliminated it. My truck is so low to the ground I can't get under it to measure the driveline angles and haven't had a chance to get it up on a lift.
What have you done to minimum the vibs? I need to measure as well.
#6
TECH Enthusiast
Not sure how you guys setup your crossmembers but I adjusted for the mount height when I modified my crossmember. In the Express all I had to do was pickup a shorter yoke as the 60e yoke was about 8" long and had the shaft balanced. My stock shaft had a vibration that was really noticeable at 80+ mph. One of the first things I noticed was how silky smooth it was well past 100.
Last edited by Fast355; 04-22-2014 at 09:54 PM.