tranny (?) noise - a retraction

[Fundsalo Racing]

Error and qualification....

My BTDT experience with this type of noise coming from
this area is with multiple 4KQs and urq only, I've
never experienced a bad DS centre support bearing on a
200q20v. I subscribe to both lists and am easily
confused! (but you knew that)


--- "McCoy, Charlie" <CMcCoy at visa.com> wrote:
> 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
> >>
>
>*--------------------------------------------------------------------*
> >>  *  Linus Toy                      Insanity is
> doing
> >>  the same thing   *
> >>  *  Mercer Island, WA              you've always
> done
> >>  and expecting   *
> >>  *  linust at mindspring.com          different
> results
> >>                  *
> >>  *                                      - Roger
> >>  Milliken              *
> >>
>
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> >-glen
> >
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>
> Phil Rose
> Rochester, NY
> mailto:pjrose at frontiernet.net
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