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Driveline vibration

2001 36' U295. I've heard that there are two sources for vibrations in the driveline, the first being a failed harmonic balancer and the second a bearing failure in the tail shaft of the transmission.  How do I discern which is causing my problem?  I have checked the u-joints and they are good.
 

Re: Driveline vibration

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You can take a flat pry bar or large screwdriver, pry up on the harmonic balancer and see if there's any play in it.  Anything significant and a P3 fix is called for.  Coach needs to be at running height to do this so best to drive rear wheels up on blocks.  Raising and blocking will put the driveshaft in enough of a bind that you won't be able to move balancer, at least on my rig.
"Not so  long ago we were a nation of risk takers, riding five million pounds of  thrust straight into space."  Joe Gresh
Chuck Pearson
1996 U295
2018 Can Am X3 TurboRS