New race year with a new motor. I couldn't get the handling and smacked the wall. I had to replace the right axle tube, RF spindle, caliper, rotor, hub, LR hub and caliper. I let my buddy drive it to sort the handling out and he noticed a bad vibration that shook the whole car, it wasn't there before I hit the wall. He said it felt to be on the RF. We double checked everything driveline related and the hubs. We've raced it about 5 more times since and I tried to duplicate it. It seems to be more RPM related than speed or gear related. It has a Saginaw in it. I was in 2nd gear and got up some speed and felt it start vibrating to I shifted to high. When I shifted to high the vibration went away. I slowed down a little and when I picked up a little on the gas I could feel it but. It doesn't do it at all while racing that I can feel.
I did notice today that their is oil coming from behind the balancer snout where it goes into the cover. I'm wondering if possibly the balancer is wobbling causing the harmonics in the motor to be off and wearing out the seal? It's a rubber balancer, not liquid. Does this sound resonable and how can I check it?
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