Metal "tink" noise when going into gear
06-25-2009, 08:17 PM
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Metal "tink" noise when going into gear My car SS is at 113k and i'm currently getting little metalic "tink" noises when I put it into gear. I haven't noticed any slipping but i'm a tad worried about these odd metallic noises, I am due for a fluid change. Should I be worried?
06-26-2009, 12:51 AM
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Pretty common with some cars... Im not really sure why...
My 01 SS didnt do it... but my 98 SS does...
My brothers 99 WS6 Did it... and a friends 01 TA Convertible did it...
All of them had good U-Joints...
My 01 SS didnt do it... but my 98 SS does...
My brothers 99 WS6 Did it... and a friends 01 TA Convertible did it...
All of them had good U-Joints...
06-26-2009, 01:51 PM
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This was a pretty common complaint with the LS1 f-bodies optioned with the aluminum driveshaft. There was even a TSB for it at one time which called for the driveshaft to be replaced with a steel one. I wouldn't worry about it, mine had it from day one and there was never a problem.
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06-26-2009, 08:13 PM
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98's were notorius for the 'tink' noise and were the post of the day back in the day (1998 and 1999) to the point where GM was replacing driveshafts one after the other under warranty many times on the same car. There weren't any issues with steel driveshafts.
On my car it was a fracture in the weld. GM replaced the driveshaft and the 'tink' went way. The 'tink' started at less than 20K.
Examine the driveshaft for cracks in the welds and of course the u-joints. If you don't find any bad welds and your u-joints are OK and aren't running big rwhp you will just have to live with it. If you are running big rwhp I would replace the driveshaft just to assure that the weld defect isn't internal where you can't see it.
I don't recall if GM ever posted any information as to what the real cause was other than it was symptomatic of the aluminum drive shaft and not with the steel driveshaft ruling out defective u-joints or bad pinion bearings (another issue back then).
IMO I think the 'tink' sound was from the welds as the driveshaft twisted resonating sound more easily from aluminum driveshafts than the steel ones.
Note: the second driveshaft never made any 'tink' sound. I replaced it with with a larger 3.5 PST driveshaft at approximately 70 K because I added an additional 250 rwhp with an ATI SC.
On my car it was a fracture in the weld. GM replaced the driveshaft and the 'tink' went way. The 'tink' started at less than 20K.
Examine the driveshaft for cracks in the welds and of course the u-joints. If you don't find any bad welds and your u-joints are OK and aren't running big rwhp you will just have to live with it. If you are running big rwhp I would replace the driveshaft just to assure that the weld defect isn't internal where you can't see it.
I don't recall if GM ever posted any information as to what the real cause was other than it was symptomatic of the aluminum drive shaft and not with the steel driveshaft ruling out defective u-joints or bad pinion bearings (another issue back then).
IMO I think the 'tink' sound was from the welds as the driveshaft twisted resonating sound more easily from aluminum driveshafts than the steel ones.
Note: the second driveshaft never made any 'tink' sound. I replaced it with with a larger 3.5 PST driveshaft at approximately 70 K because I added an additional 250 rwhp with an ATI SC.
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