Clunking sound?
Clunking sound? Might need to post this in the gear and axle section but i'll try here first b/c to me it seems like suttin to do w/ my tranny. First off, whenever i'm stopped at a light or stop sign and shift into neutral to wait for green, i go to shift back into 1st and w/ the pro 5.0 its that kinda notchy feel so right before it slips into gear you can feel the little bit of resistance..well right when i get to that part, no matter how easily i try to slide it into first....i hear this faint clunk, just one, and once its in first and shifting through the rest of my gears it doesnt do it. Any ideas? Second, more towards gears but for example if i'm rolling down a hill and i shift into neutral i hear a faint knocking in the rear of the car....almost like the teeth of the gears arent meshing properly and they are hitting into each other, if this is the case how do i fix it? I checked fluids and changed them at the beginning of the season, its a faint knocking and only happens SOME OF THE TIME when i am rolling below 40mph in neutral. Any ideas at all appreciated. thanks all.
Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
put the p-brake on and trans in N then turn the ds and see how much play you have in the rear and ds. 
it should have atleast a 1/4 inch, thats normal.
stock u joints have to be heated with a torch to be removed.
unbolt the d.s and take it off the car add see if the ujoints are tight or if they have some slack in them. then turn the rear where the d.s bolts to it and see if there is excessive play in the gears.
stock u joints have to be heated with a torch to be removed.
unbolt the d.s and take it off the car add see if the ujoints are tight or if they have some slack in them. then turn the rear where the d.s bolts to it and see if there is excessive play in the gears.
Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
it should have atleast a 1/4 inch, thats normal.
stock u joints have to be heated with a torch to be removed.
unbolt the d.s and take it off the car add see if the ujoints are tight or if they have some slack in them. then turn the rear where the d.s bolts to it and see if there is excessive play in the gears.
stock u joints have to be heated with a torch to be removed.
unbolt the d.s and take it off the car add see if the ujoints are tight or if they have some slack in them. then turn the rear where the d.s bolts to it and see if there is excessive play in the gears.
Originally Posted by 99CamaroSS
Ok will try that tomorrow, and i'm guessin i'm pretty screwed in terms of a rear end being shot if there is excessive play in the gears? Or is it still driveable till next season when i will buy a new rear anyways?
if its bad, just keep sticky tires off of it and dont do big cluth dumps. its probably not bad though or you would notice it alot worse if that is what it is.might be in the trans, just eliminate easiest things first.
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Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
my work truck has had excessive gear play for the past 80kmiles if its bad, just keep sticky tires off of it and dont do big cluth dumps. its probably not bad though or you would notice it alot worse if that is what it is.
might be in the trans, just eliminate easiest things first.
if its bad, just keep sticky tires off of it and dont do big cluth dumps. its probably not bad though or you would notice it alot worse if that is what it is.might be in the trans, just eliminate easiest things first.
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Originally Posted by 99CamaroSS
Thanks dude, is there anything else "easiest" to eliminate other than checkin the driveshaft??
Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
sometimes cluking is caused by the rear rotors twisting back forth on the axle studs due to the play in them when you let off friction slide them one way and when you stand back on it it clunks them the other way, i have seen this on a few different cars before.
i have 50k miles on mine, and i swapped in a prothaneTM
www.thunderracing.com
it made a big dif, its not necessarly a comfort mod, but it made it feel a lot tougher.
www.thunderracing.com
it made a big dif, its not necessarly a comfort mod, but it made it feel a lot tougher.
Originally Posted by 99CamaroSS
Thats a thought, i know for sure i need a tranny mount, when i get on the car i get banging under my center console and there is a lot of shaking in the shifter, could this contribute to the rear by not keeping the tranny solid and therefore running down the d/s and into the rear or maybe i'm just hearing the noise in the d.s b/c the tranny isnt sitting solid? I'm trying to figure out where to get a good mount...i only have 40 k on the car so i'm pretty suprised that it went this fast.
umm fix that mount, im sure all the noise is probably coming from that.
Originally Posted by 99CamaroSS
Thats a thought, i know for sure i need a tranny mount, when i get on the car i get banging under my center console and there is a lot of shaking in the shifter, could this contribute to the rear by not keeping the tranny solid and therefore running down the d/s and into the rear or maybe i'm just hearing the noise in the d.s b/c the tranny isnt sitting solid? I'm trying to figure out where to get a good mount...i only have 40 k on the car so i'm pretty suprised that it went this fast.
Originally Posted by SMOKIN01TA
im glad you neglected to mention that earlier
sorry guys....i'll get right on it next paycheck. Are they hard to replace?? Never did any tranny work before. I knew i shoulda told you about that from the start, figured if i heard the noise in the rear what would the tranny which is closer up front have to do w/ it....sorry... 
Got the prothane mount from thunder racing, is there anything else i need or just what i ordered, the mount itself for 22.50 or whatever it was, i'm deffinatly going to try to do it myself, it sounds easy from what i've heard, i'm going to try and search for the removal and install from somewhere, anyone have any ideas? Thanks all.
Originally Posted by 99CamaroSS
Got the prothane mount from thunder racing, is there anything else i need or just what i ordered, the mount itself for 22.50 or whatever it was, i'm deffinatly going to try to do it myself, it sounds easy from what i've heard, i'm going to try and search for the removal and install from somewhere, anyone have any ideas? Thanks all.
http://www.installuniversity.com/
its easy, support the trans with a jack, unbolt 4 crossmember bolts, center transmount bolt, drop crossmember, unbolt 2 13mm bolts holding mount, remove mount, install new mount, put crossmember back on, torque everything down.
Originally Posted by hourang
you dont really need instructions, just for the torque specs.
http://www.installuniversity.com/
its easy, support the trans with a jack, unbolt 4 crossmember bolts, center transmount bolt, drop crossmember, unbolt 2 13mm bolts holding mount, remove mount, install new mount, put crossmember back on, torque everything down.
http://www.installuniversity.com/
its easy, support the trans with a jack, unbolt 4 crossmember bolts, center transmount bolt, drop crossmember, unbolt 2 13mm bolts holding mount, remove mount, install new mount, put crossmember back on, torque everything down.
Originally Posted by 99CamaroSS
Ok, sounds like cake, lol thats what i said about my LCA's i put in earlier in the season...ended up taking me 6 hours. Something always goes wrong lol. Hopefully this time nothing will happen.