x phantom x

iTrader: (14)

Okay, I'm driving home today doing about 55mph in 6th gear, and out of nowhere my car starts shuttering and i hear a horrid noise coming from the transmission/driveshaft/rear end. (not really sure exactly where, but i could definately feel it through the shifter). When pulling down a side road (didn't want to stay on the side of a main highway) I noticed that it would drive okay at a steady speed (say 10mph in first gear), but if I let off the gas the noise would come back again.
I got it towed and was able to limp it into one of the bays at my dads autobody shop. They will look at it tomorrow to find out what it is, but I am wondering what I should be expecting? Blown rear end? Driveshaft? Something with the tranny?

mods to drivetrain:

4:10 motive gears, TA girdle (installed about 5 months ago)
spec stage 3 clutch, 02 slave, new master (installed about a year and a half ago)
drill mod (done about 3 weeks ago)

BTW, the noise sounded like a baseball card stuck in the spokes of a bike tire ... but with metal.

x phantom x

iTrader: (14)

Just so everyone knows ... it was a driveshaft U-joint that went ... got it fixed, balanced, and everythings fine.

matthewhogue

sweet, glad you got it fixed. I was about to guess gears got ate, but I would have been wrong...


Thank you, I learned something new today... I'll have to put that in my troublshooting part of my brain...

x phantom x

iTrader: (14)

Yeah, at first I thought it was my gears also, but the car still drove, just clunked and made lots of noises.

wrencher

iTrader: (2)

You dont have an adjustable torque arm on there do ya?


I've seen a few with a shallow pinion ajustment that created an appetite for U-joints.