What amazed me is that the shuddering, which was with the van
   from the get-go, is almost 100% gone now, which shows that those
   axles were going bad even way back when he GOT the van. That's
   the trouble with buy-here/pay-here - you never know what
   problems you'll inherit. Still, thank God they exist, because
   you CAN get a vehicle for an affordable price, even if you only
   get a year or so out of it. "