bent axle causing vibration

Hey guys. I'm trying to source the problem of the vibration in my car. The wheels have been balanced with new tread as well. Hanger bearing has been replaced. Universal joint(s) are in good condition. Drive shaft has been previously balanced. In another post some guy said that the engine and transmission mounts need to be replaced.

I have spent a lot of money on the car as it is and i was wondering if their is an easy way to tell if the axle is bent and causing the vibration. I know my car has been in a small front front end crash .

Any help would be very much appreciated cheers

 

Where is the vibration coming from? Steering wheel?

 

pretty much the whole car.

 

Drive train vibrations will be felt significantly more from your seat, whereas front end vibrations will be felt primarily through the steering wheel.

I've never seen a bent axle on a zed, would have needed to come down on something pretty narrow and pretty hard to bend them, they're only short.

Do you have the vibration on coasting as well as accelleration? At any speed?

 

when its in neutral and i rev the car it still vibrates. same when im going down a hill in neutral. its at its worst at around 2000 revs. when im at around 100ks the vibration is less if that helps.

 

100% not axle if it's vibrating in neutral.

Engine or transmission mounts a possible culprit...and, I gotta ask, are you running on all cylinders. Mis-fire causes MASSIVE vibrations.

 

So Neutral at a standstill and it vibrates??? Missfire I say... how does it feel in power output??

 

it was mis firing when i bought the car but i used some fuel injector cleaner and it seemed to go away as well as increasing the power. oh and their was this other thread talking about the faulty ptu, which i have =/. also how could i tell if it was slightly mis firing?

 

the power output is fine, but i can imagine it will b loosing a bit of power due 2 whatevers causing the vibration.

 

well a vibration like what you describe isn't slightly misfiring...it's not firing on at least one cylinder at all.

Start the motor and one by one disconnect and reconnect each coil pack connecter individually. You'll hear and feel that cylinder not fire. When you come to a cylinder that has no difference with the coil pack connected or not, then you know that cylinder is not firing at all.

Once you know if you have a lazy pot not pulling it weight, then you can start to troubleshoot as to why.