Need Help With Corvette - Video Inside
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Need Help With Corvette - Video Inside So a while back my dad swears he's hearing this cracking noise, I listen to it and you can distinctly hear it coming from the back left. Not only that, but you can sometimes see the wheel move a little when you go back and forth. In the video you can hear the transmission shift, then when it pulls in either direction you hear a *crack/crunch/pop* kind of sound, I swear its like a U-Joint.
http://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/nschrein...te-problem.MPG
I took it up to my work to get it checked out and they believe its a U-joint as well, but thats a pretty expensive guess. Also when you shift easy from 1-2 it shakes sideways for a couple seconds, anything to do with it? What do you think about it?
http://webpages.acs.ttu.edu/nschrein...te-problem.MPG
I took it up to my work to get it checked out and they believe its a U-joint as well, but thats a pretty expensive guess. Also when you shift easy from 1-2 it shakes sideways for a couple seconds, anything to do with it? What do you think about it?
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Re: Need Help With Corvette - Video Inside ur trans could be on its way out. When i used to work at the dealer i had that prob. with a car. It made a sound in the drivetrain. It turned out to be the trans. just check it to make sure. Look at the fluid.
Re: Need Help With Corvette - Video Inside I'd jack up and support the rear, pull the rear tires, then go through the backward-forward thing. You'll have a better "see" at where exactly the noise comes from. For extra safety, I prefer a stack of nailed together 2x8's under each side of the frame in addition to jacks.
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Re: Need Help With Corvette - Video Inside
I'd jack up and support the rear, pull the rear tires, then go through the backward-forward thing. You'll have a better "see" at where exactly the noise comes from. For extra safety, I prefer a stack of nailed together 2x8's under each side of the frame in addition to jacks.
Re: Need Help With Corvette - Video Inside Does the noise increase with speed? Does it correlate with the rotation of the tires, or driveshaft? I can't tell from the video.
You've probably already checked this, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
You've probably already checked this, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
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Re: Need Help With Corvette - Video Inside
Does the noise increase with speed? Does it correlate with the rotation of the tires, or driveshaft? I can't tell from the video.
You've probably already checked this, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
You've probably already checked this, but it doesn't hurt to ask.
The noise doesn't increase with speed and you can hear it every once in a while when you drive, usually when you hit a bump around a corner or something. It doesn't increase with with tire rottion and everything seems to be tight.
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