Auto Trans Help!!!! Tinging when shifting into Reverse and then to Drive...
11-09-2006, 01:38 PM
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Auto Trans Help!!!! Tinging when shifting into Reverse and then to Drive... I just bought my gf an 01 TA and now after a few weeks I have this tinging sound (like an aluminum pinging sound). Thats the best I can describe it. I only get it when I shift from park into Reverse then when i shift from reverse into drive. I got underneath and rattled things around to see if there was anything loose and didn't hear anything. I was thinking U-joint but I need someone who knows the drivetrain way better than I do to verify and maybe give me some more information.... THanks
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Originally Posted by ZmyHPandrun
I just bought my gf an 01 TA and now after a few weeks I have this tinging sound (like an aluminum pinging sound). Thats the best I can describe it. I only get it when I shift from park into Reverse then when i shift from reverse into drive. I got underneath and rattled things around to see if there was anything loose and didn't hear anything. I was thinking U-joint but I need someone who knows the drivetrain way better than I do to verify and maybe give me some more information.... THanks
11-09-2006, 04:36 PM
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It is your aluminum driveshaft, nothing to be alarmed about. When you are changing from reverse to drive or vise versa, the driveshaft is just echoing the sound from changing direction.
11-10-2006, 12:07 PM
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Well there could be something loose inside the drive shaft , I had a mustang once that made a sound like that and it had a peice of broken aluminum in it interestingly it also was the cause of and anoying vibrate i had at around 80 mph up I had been looking for forever
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11-12-2006, 10:05 PM
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Late model aluminum driveshafts are noisy... typically because they are laminated fiberglass inside the aluminum tube. My 2003 Dodge truck does the same thing occasionally. The driveshaft issue is minor and will not affect driveability... more of an annoyance than anything.
However, my business partners 2001 Explorer does it... also exhibits the vibration at highway speeds, we found the driveshaft to be the cause after replacing the tires... we had been wondering about a vibration at highway speeds for some time, wrote it off as tires, but put it on the rack recently as we had been getting concerned, found the driveshaft to be the cause.... but no big deal in this case, just needs to be replaced.
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However, my business partners 2001 Explorer does it... also exhibits the vibration at highway speeds, we found the driveshaft to be the cause after replacing the tires... we had been wondering about a vibration at highway speeds for some time, wrote it off as tires, but put it on the rack recently as we had been getting concerned, found the driveshaft to be the cause.... but no big deal in this case, just needs to be replaced.
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