tranny (?) noise

[McCoy, Charlie]

I've had the EXACT same problem, ultimately requiring a new stereo to cure
the problem.  I replaced the tranny myself (and I thought I was pretty
accurate with driveshaft alignment-but how accurate could I be with a 2x4?).
Same deal, pulling up on the shifter takes away the noise.  Hard
acceleration/braking stops noise.  It's been going on now for 20,000
miles-no louder, no softer.  Car is driven 100 miles everyday, so non-use
isn't an issue.

Any other ideas?

Thanks

Charlie McCoy

 -----Original Message-----
From: 	Phil Rose [mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net]
Sent:	Thursday, March 14, 2002 9:11 AM
To:	200q20V mailing list
Subject:	Re: tranny (?) noise

>Drive-shaft center support bearing. Typical failure
>mode is noisy when cold or after long periods of
>disuse.

In my case the noise doesn't particularly correlate with either cold
weather or periods of disuse. However the noise was first noticed
some months after the tranny/driveline had been pulled for oil-seal
replacement (input shaft). So I guess it's possible that the
driveshaft was not properly aligned when reinstalled (by the shop).
However this noise  seems to be coming from below the front-seat area
(not towards the rear), and it also seems unlikely that moderate
pressure on the shifter would be able to influence a noise caused by
the drive-shaft bearing (?).  I suspect a bearing in the front diff.

Phil


>--- Linus Toy <linust at mindspring.com> wrote:
>>  At 12:14 AM 3/14/2002 -0500, Phil Rose wrote:
>>  >A while ago I described a kind of very faint noise
>>  (almost a scraping
>>  >or grinding sound) from the vicinity of
>>  tranny--below the shifter. It
>>
>>  I hear something similar in my car...mostly in cold
>  > weather.  It is erratic
>>  in nature, except that it appears to be
>  > gear-dependent--i.e. I'll hear it
>  > in 1, 3 or 5 on one morning, 2 or 4 on other
>>  mornings.  I've also been told
>>  it is common with these trannies (016) but I never
>>  heard anything like this
>>  in my 4kcsq.  Been like this since I got this car 8
>>  yrs, 80k miles ago.
>>
>>  'fraid I can't offer much more.
>>  --Linus
>>
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Phil Rose
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