bought an 05 AWD auto trans crv with 130,000 miles. Has odd vibration. When you first start off if you give it decent throttle, it sounds like a grind and almost a turbo whine coming from trans side (definately drivers side). I put on lift in drive and ran up to about 25mph and the front drive axle shaft on drivers side was wobbling like crazy - easy solution - replaced the cv axle. That did not solve the problem. If start off slow it does not make any noise, but you do get wobble at highway speeds. Feels like bad tire, but the grind and whine at startup is the obvious concern. I did not put it back on lift to see if axle still shaking. could it be motor mount? Got bad feeling it is in the trans - trans shifts fine though.
Any ideas?

 

Move wheels around.
Problem move?

 

well, it did help the vibration at 55mph but it is still not great. The real issue is the unusual whine when starting off with some torque. It bangs a bit but sounds like a turbo.
Btw, the car has new struts and both cv axles have been replaced. I did one and noticed new axle bolt on passenger side.

 

Oem struts or after market?
Have heard after market causes noise

 

Not sure if oem or aftermarket struts. Assume aftermarket. Wouldnt think struts would cause grinding and drive train whine on heavy torque acceleration.

 

No, not while accelerating.
Noise happens while turning steering wheel.
Sorry, not able to help.

 

Drove more today and noticed that even when it doesnt grind or make whining noise that i get some shaking up through the wheel. My gut is telling me something bad- like torque converter

 

Please let us know what the problem is and how you fixed it.
Am interested to know the outcome.