Driveline free-play 'clunk'.
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Driveline free-play 'clunk' - greasing the slip-yoke. I'm getting a bad 'clunk' when going to reverse or drive. The vehicle has 9,000 miles on it.
I've been told it's the slip-yoke sticking on the output shaft of the tranny. Supposedly the ATF doesn't reach this area well enough to keep the slip-yoke sticktion free. The fix is to drop the driveshaft, and get some grease on the splines of the slip-yoke. I'm not completely comfortable with introducing grease to the inside of my tranny. Or in my case, the transfer case.
I always thought it was the gear lash or free play in the GM 10-bolts that made this noise.
What are your thoughts on this?
I've been told it's the slip-yoke sticking on the output shaft of the tranny. Supposedly the ATF doesn't reach this area well enough to keep the slip-yoke sticktion free. The fix is to drop the driveshaft, and get some grease on the splines of the slip-yoke. I'm not completely comfortable with introducing grease to the inside of my tranny. Or in my case, the transfer case.
I always thought it was the gear lash or free play in the GM 10-bolts that made this noise.
What are your thoughts on this?
Last edited by marc_w; Mar 3, 2004 at 08:33 PM.
