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That's what I need. Thanks Tony I will report how it gone with the new driveshafts.

Thanks Rich. I am going to buy both shafts since the price is reasonable.

Yes, I think that's their proper name. By the way here is the link http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Q-Drive-Front-Left-Driveshaft-FORD-MONDEO-1-8-SCI-2-0-16V-2-0-TDCI-/231070664263?ssPageName=ADME:X:EAC:US:3160 for one of the drive shafts I want to purchase. I have never heard for Q-drive brand...

Bit update folks...After unusual trouble with rear shock I found my front right side is somehow bit lowered than left one. We found out spring is 1,6 cm lower than on the opposite side. I just couldn't got it why is like that, neither mechanics could too. We decided to get used front OEM spring and oEM rear shock and to replace it. It is significant better on the rear side ride but guess what I got right after? My good old front end strange vibration in full light again!!! . My mechanic took a first ride after he's done with the spring and rear shock replacement and he found himself so confused about it I was almost started to laugh out loud (you know that idiotic lunatic like laugh...). But right after first shock we realize something. We got in the straight good level front end with changing the lowered spring. Car is significantly higher then it was and proper leveled. So what could got move or be bad in this scenario? We realized that is drive shafts. By changing the car's height we changed the position of the tripod inside the inner CV joint on left side. Couple years ago that drive shaft was replaced but with the one taken from scrap yard since it is mission impossible to get Mondeo Mk3 drive shafts in this part of the world. So we decided to purchase couple from Europarts in Great Britain through the ebay.co.uk. Does anyone has some experiences with that company and their stuff? I would be appreciate if you could say something about to them......Thanks in advance...

Yes I can get them but as the genuine ones are made by Sachs I will buy that in aftermarket.... Well, I've been told by many people here their issues with Monroe shocks. And some mechanics who used to use them won't use it anymore. The truth is that Monroe haven't shined here on our market. It doesn't mean Monroe as brand is not good but most likely that I am just in category of those few percent of people who statistically have chance to experience some issues with them since they are really in huge presence here and sell lots of their stuffs. But the point is I won't use it any more....

I bought Monroe. But I won't anymore...It seems that strange vibration I had noticed back in august 2012 were caused by bad shock definitively. I have managed to make them silenced by changing hydro bushings on the lower arm and top strut mountings but I didn't solve the cause of vibrations. In fact now when I know about that play in rear shock some loud sounds I have noticed during the cold days make sense.

Warranty expired in february.....

Well I am gonna do it as soon as I get some money. Those things are pretty expensive....

This is pic from Mk2 Mondeo not Mk3 . This is the lower arm on Mk3. I think the reason why manufacturer choose the bolt get from up not from down is because they assemble sub-frame not on the car but on the table/production line. Then they do so called "marriage" chassis with the sub frame in order to make production more efficient. So they don't concern bolt loosening and drop out but lower costs and speed.

Yes they had been changed back in 02/2012. 56.000 km so far. It was the whole damper not insert type. This is how the rear damper/shock looks like

Yes we did. On the right side rock solid. No play or anything suspicious. On the left side there is play in the shock piston you can sense by touch it. Shock do its work well although on some constant little imperfections on the road (surface like tinny waves) some more noise occurs but nothing more.

This evening I set on couple beers with my good fella, nice and experienced Ford's mechanic. Told him about my trouble. After an hour we got in his shop and after another half of hour searching for the play in left wheel we found that shock absorber piston has an lateral play! So that is producing that thud sound. Not always, but occasionally and mostly right after car is being driven. Shock as itself is in good condition and we couldn't see it is leaking or something. Just that lateral movement of the piston in its housing. Can that play be the cause of vibrations? I think it can.....

Yes thud. I didn't know the english word for that so I couldn't type. Like you are reading my minds Tony.

I jacked up the car yesterday and it seems there isn't any play in that wheel. Just that knock feeling and sound associated when shake the wheel while car is on the ground.

Oh God I have mentioned all but not which car's end is in the issue. Rear end, yes. Left side wheel.

Hello to all. I haven't been here for awhile but my old trouble rose again. This morning some sort of my allegedly solved vibration came back. Clearly through the floor and seats which means as from rear end of the vehicle. Every thing is fine till 120 km/h and then up to 140 km/h. On increased speed again everything is smooth as silk. Drove back home yesterday afternoon and got out to see if i can see anything odd. Grub the wheel on about 12 o'clock position with both hands and pushed it in and out (in fact what I did was the swinging the car left right with it) and I clearly felt some play in the wheel and through the tyre. Like some knock. I checked steering by laying under the car with my wife's help (she did that in and out pushing the wheel) and i couldn't see is anything is moving. Clearly there is some knock like feeling which made me think if the bearing is in question. But oddly I don't here any sound connected with the bearing failure. So my question to this community would be: "Have anyone here experienced any bearing failure in manner I have just described without humming or grinding noise which is obvious bearing failure sign?" Is it possible that bearing failure in any case could be connected in vibrations that occurs only in certain speed range (like unbalanced tires)? Shouldn't that be in all drive condition when your bearing is about to fail and not only like in described case? Cheers and thanks in advance....

Well workers all over the world are the same Although I don't know if I should blame only them for making "Friday" car (or in France "Monday" car...)....engineers seeds lots of those mistakes into the car construction while they do "blue prints" for them...."It should be good since our calculations says that's is good..."

We call it bit different but the meaning is the same....By the way why "Friday" car? Because workers are in the weekend already and don't focused enough on their work on the production line?

I have never heard it is like that on any other car mate. On my Mondeo I have had every possible ghosts and gremlins you could ever imagine....

It is much better Tony! I can still feel some of those vibrations but not in such manner it has been till now. Most likely those are normal ones picked up from road imperfections or even by unbalanced front wheels and I can feel them from the bottom of the car through the pedals.

They were OEM ones. As well as the ones I've assembled back (although they are aftermarket there are clearly visible marks Ford on them).

Good news! Today we changed top strut mounts and it made big improvement of the riding and almost vibrations are disappear. I was drove almost 30 km on highway trying to maintain the speed range where most likely vibrations occur but it is everything fine. Some kind of vibrations are still there but it is not even close the ones I have struggled for 2 years.... So the tip of the day. If you are changing the shocks you MUST change strut mounts too. My mounts didn't have any signs of wear neither they have any visible play but obviously they were culprit for increased vibrations on the car in the range of speeds where natural frequency of the suspension system is most visible.

Thanks for supports guys. I will try to find out what is going on as I am really interested to end this. As I mentioned before on this forum, during my seeking on what is going on with this Ford, I have found millions of stories around the web about the very same or very similar symptoms on ride quality of their car. And also about inability of garages and dealerships to find out what is going on with vibrations controls. I remember my old BMW E30 1.8i (made in 1985.) who rode in the same way all 11 years while it had been into my hands. There were no bugs in suspension like hydro bushings, no vibrations but out of unbalanced tires and it was like that during the all speeds, no matter what outside temperature is or what is pressure into tires. All in all, I have tried many things so far in order to solve this and to localize the source and to find out the culprit. I managed to decrease the level and type of vibrations for let's say 85% from the time it occurred. I would like to solve it and because for the other people who would might have suffer from this (or very likely) trouble and I would be happy if someone were able to identify his trouble out of this 10 pages issue in this great forum.

Hey Luchich my friend you found me here! Well yes that was the reason I moved on this forum since they are obviously more specialized in wheels and therefore on vibrations. Many people said that vibrations in seats originated from rear end but the truth is vibrates in seats means rear tires aren't in balance. In my case everything is completely fine there (on rear end of the car). I thought about it too but I just can't find anything bad there that would need to replace or something like that. Rock solid. About OEM parts....I will show you pics of the aftermarket parts I have bought along with the OEM and you will find they are quite the same but only without Ford's markings on it. It had been removed and you can clearly see it. So, for hydro bushings on lower arm, they are in Febi Bilstein's package indeed but OEM like inside with removed Ford's OEM marks and stamps. Only used parts I put on the car were drive shafts (although bearings on the inner joint spider are OEM too....) and it solved vibrations that had occurred while accelerate. Everything else I have changed so far was brand new and let's say OEM likely. When we come to OEM parts you will see that's just an trick car factories use to make their extra profit since they decrease prices on their cars with guarantees terms pushed on 3 years (or even 5 or 7) and they bind you with their garages and services during that term. So car is rock solid but that vibration occurred on front end in the 120 to 140 km/h only no matter what are you doing but somehow it is temperature and tire pressure related. Conclusion. I will change strut mounts and it will be the end of this story. I won't invest in this money pit by changing all drive bushings on the rear end. It means I will follow your advice and just keep ignored this vibrations trouble next 2 years and get rid of car and most likely I won't driving Ford no more since it is puzzled car for even most experienced mechanics and car specialists.

Well Tony when we come to the Ford all logic stops. I can't see how it is bound with floor shaking and steering wheel vibration. I can see some movements in strut mounts but it seems as normal and I know there should be some and there are no any normal signs of worn, as long as I can see it. No other symptoms of wear mounts like clunks, steering wheel floating, tires wear or something like that. It is not expensive so worth try to do it and see if there will be any improvement.