Hutch wrote on 12/31/69 at 16:00:02:... Greg it is official. Your as tired as me.... LATER
Okay, buddy, maybe this will shed some light on the gearing.
I went to Ron Ayers and checked part numbers for the gears for different years. For the sake of discussion, I'm gonna use the just the part numbers for the
5th Driven Gear...
Year - Model - Part number
1988 - J - None
1995 - S - 24351-
24B121996 - T - 24351-
24B131998 - W - 24351- 24B13
2000 - Y - 24351- 24B13 (mine)
2004 - K4 - 24351- 24B13
2005 - K5 - 24351-
24B13Of course, we know the 4 speed models don't matter, but I went back as far as their listing went.
This shows that some early 5 speed Savages had a different 5th Driven Gear in 1995. This also shows that after 1996 the same gear was used my 2000 and in the first S40 in 2005 (model K5).
So, unless they changed it in 2006 just for you, then your's doesn't vibrate any more than mine
PS - I checked the primary and final drives too. They are the same. Hope this helps.