Manual transmission shifter wobble while stopping

[chef_vader]

2.4l 5 speed...
When coming to a stop, from maybe 10-0 mph, my shifter wobbles left to right if I'm not in gear. Doesn't matter if I'm braking or not. Its not a violent movement, but just some feedback every half second until im stopped.

I'm thinking either driveshaft u joints, or trans/motor mounts? It kind of feels like it's in sync with the rotation of the tires if that makes sense.

Anyone have any experience with something like this? Would rather not throw parts at it and hope for the best.

 

[chef_vader]

Budget boost with no TC drop or any driveline correction of any kind. I also get a low pitched slight vibration at highway speed that kind of swells and subsides every couple seconds like a brrrrrrrrr..............brrrrrrrrr.........brrrrrrrrr haha I don't know how else to describe it. Thanks guys in advance!

 

[Pete the Kiwi]

It's hard to pin point your issue exactly but I'd say it's got to be a mount which has been placed under undue stresses caused by your lift. If the driveshaft angles are all out of whack then after time they'll be causing all sorts of nasty shit to happen to other drive line components. A budget lift only stays budget for a short time. There's plenty of information online to correct your issue but I'd strongly recommend you eliminate the cause rather than the effect.

 

[Tigerman]

Budget boost with no TC drop or any driveline correction of any kind. I also get a low pitched slight vibration at highway speed that kind of swells and subsides every couple seconds like a brrrrrrrrr..............brrrrrrrrr.........brrrrrrrrr haha I don't know how else to describe it. Thanks guys in advance!

I am no expert but the brrr.. brrr sounds like harmonic vibration caused by the driveshaft being at a wrong angle. I bet that is what it is, especially if it becomes vivid exactly passed certain speed on the highway. The gurus here , of course, will correctly me if I am wrong.

 

[Jerry Bransford]

Does the shifter also move left-right-left as you rev the engine then let off on the gas?

 

[KCsTJ]

That undulating vibration your are describing is exactly what i had on my 97 2.5L after i got it back from the tranny shop jack butts.
I took it back to the tranny boys, it had a cracked flex plate.
Still had the low, undulating vibration at hwy speed, and also had a rough idle and im getting misfires at hwy speeds on cyls 3 & 4.
I check the wiring and find burned insulation on wiring going to the O2 sensor as well as missing insulation on wiring to the fuel injectors.

Sounds like your engine could have a missfire possibly. Does the shifter wobble if in neutral?