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Originally posted by gizmopt2002
Wait. i think we're on a different page here. I'm talking about that little rotation it does shifting from P - R - D or whatever. Not a huge jolt. This also reminds me. The new buses at our school have a REALLY thin (the words escape me, the thing that spins, under the car, connect the trans to the rear axle?) And for the load it carries, I'm surprised it hasn't snapped.
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The driveshaft. and i think were on the same page. the driveshaft rotating is whats causing the car to jerk.
my guess is that the cars that ive driven that DONT jerk when shifting into D or R, act that way because I believe there is less slack between their transmissions and differentials.
It seems like the 4runner has a lot of slack between when the transmission grabs hold of the driveshaft, and when the driveshaft grabs hold of the rear differential. Just bad design I guess.
And the driveshaft on the busses may seem thin but they're a lot thicker than the ones in conventional cars and trucks. It takes a LOT of force to actually twist and snap a solid metal pole. The U joints at the ends of the shaft will break before the shaft itself ever does.