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When to fix a vibration
#1
Hadn't seen this one

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http://jalopnik.com/5106002/jeep-runs-over-mattress-develops-shimmy-from-mass-of-wires-cords-attached-to-drivetrain

This guy ran over a mattress and decided to keep going. The ensuing jumble finally whipped around enough to put a tear in the gas tank,
the subsequent lack of fuel is what finally brought this vehicle to its knees.
It had still managed to drive 30 more miles decently with a 60lb tangle wrapped around the driveshaft.

This genius complained that the vehicle had a "shimmy" when
driving it high speeds.

#2
Saw something similar up at Cinders last summer. Our group split into 2 and the other group found a burned out car they were apparently flexing on and driving over. We all met back up at camp and one of the guys was complaining that his vehicle handled funny. Looked underneath and found a huge chunk of wire wrapped around his driveshaft all the way over to one of the rear drums on the axle. We think it was the radial wires from one of the car tires, but it took forever to cut loose.