skyblue Posted June 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 Have you had it professionally balanced? Might try that after you pop in the new U-joint. I have. When I bought the 520 one piece shaft i got it balanced just to cross that off as possible vibrator before I put it on. I know the lows can cause vibration so I also need to get some 2 degree wedges to stick under the blocks. 2 Quote Link to comment
]2eDeYe Posted June 16, 2016 Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 The shims and a new joint will probably kill the vibes. 2 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted June 16, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 16, 2016 The shims and a new joint will probably kill the vibes. Right on! That's what I'm Hoping for. 1 Quote Link to comment
4perrev Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 shit come do mine I shall. Name the day bro??!!!!! Or come down and enjoy the island for a day! 1 Quote Link to comment
4perrev Posted June 18, 2016 Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Unless your mid bearing is bad. That's a whole world of hurt there. Hope it turns out good, fingers crossed. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted June 18, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2016 Unless your mid bearing is bad. That's a whole world of hurt there. Hope it turns out good, fingers crossed. No mid bearing. I got rid of the 2 piece driveshaft a while back and put in a 1 piece from a 520. That Got rid of some vibes back then. But there still remains Some. I've been battling the vibes for 5 years now! God damn vibrations are gonna be the death of me. lol 2 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 No mid bearing. I got rid of the 2 piece driveshaft a while back and put in a 1 piece from a 520. That Got rid of some vibes back then. But there still remains Some. I've been battling the vibes for 5 years now! God damn vibrations are gonna be the death of me. lol Check your U bolts for your rear blocks, make sure tight. Also check all your bolts and mounts from tranny to engine and tranny mount and engine mount. Are they broken? My truck seems to have a little vibe too when i was coming home from Nissan Jam not bad but did not remember it then again it rides like shit compared to all my other cars.lol 1 Quote Link to comment
Rhino13 Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 I'm battling the same thing in my 720 because of my pinion angle. Also need to get myself some shims, or possibly angled blocks. It sucks driving on the highway because of it. 1 Quote Link to comment
4perrev Posted June 19, 2016 Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 1 piece d-shaft, sweet! before doing a u-joint job, you might disconnect the shaft from the axle and turn it 180 degrees. Sometimes this works. Plus, it might save you the job of 2 u-joints. 3 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted June 19, 2016 Author Report Share Posted June 19, 2016 Thanks for the tips guys! I'll keep ya'll posted. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted October 31, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Well small update. Nothing major. I sold the camper and putting the old girl to work. Gonna give the 510 a break on the DD status. 4 Quote Link to comment
4perrev Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 Looks good. All pretty sneakin' under those hedges!! 2 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted October 31, 2016 Report Share Posted October 31, 2016 I love it. Looks 10000000000000 better with out it. 2 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted November 1, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 Thinking I have too much rake now without the camper. And I scrape hard trying to pull into my parking spot. So I will raise the front a tad to even it out and be able to squeeze into my parking spot. Lol 2 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted November 1, 2016 Report Share Posted November 1, 2016 i love the ass up in the air>>> 2 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I think it looks fine, although I did raise my 520 front end up a couple inches to get in my driveway without scraping, so I understand. :lol: I think if you want it to look better from the side you need to put a skirt on the box from the cab to the fender well like in the photo below. You also need to add to the rear skirt like in the photo below, I just did not want to take the time to do that part to both photos. You don't have to attach the box to the cab like in the photo, but that skirt makes it look better, I would do it to your photo, but it takes time to photo shop stuff like that. 2 Quote Link to comment
Lockleaf Posted November 2, 2016 Report Share Posted November 2, 2016 I think every datsun truck benefits from the addition of skirts along the entire bed side. I plan to do it to my 720. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted November 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 I don't mind the uneven bed. I kinda dig it actually. But I will raise the front a bit. At least enough to get into my parking spot 3 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted November 3, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2016 been commuting with her this week and i've noticed she's running pretty rough. looked back at my thread and saw the last time i did a tuneup was May 2011! Yikes! getting parts and will do tuneup tomorrow. also, i need to get some of those angled shims still cause the vibes are killing me. 2 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted November 4, 2016 Report Share Posted November 4, 2016 Did you get a call or email yet? 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted November 5, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 Did you get a call or email yet? not yet. are they emailing people already? 1 Quote Link to comment
mrbigtanker Posted November 5, 2016 Report Share Posted November 5, 2016 not yet. are they emailing people already? I am not sure what there doing. But should be shortly. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 been driving Valentine to work for the last couple of weeks. Running kinda rough. so i gave her a tune up. Plugs looked alright. still ran like shit after so I adjusted the valves. That was the trick. she purrs waaay better. only thing left is raise the front up a little and get some shims to correct the pinion angle. 1 Quote Link to comment
skyblue Posted November 10, 2016 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 also picked this guy up to commute with and lighten the load on the Datsuns. it needs some small maintenance items, but overall i'm very happy with it. 2 Quote Link to comment
jrock4224 Posted November 10, 2016 Report Share Posted November 10, 2016 wash that thing yo !!!! nice score 1 Quote Link to comment
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