Transmission or Driveshaft noise
02-28-2005, 07:58 AM
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Transmission or Driveshaft noise
So yesterday I was driving along and went WOT through 1st and 2nd and then on decel I heard a very strange noise coming from right under the center console maybe just below the back of the seat area, basically where the transmission ends. Its a whirring sound that changes with speed, really sounds like a heat shield is rubbing the driveshaft, when I got really slow it makes a screeching noise (below 2mph).
If I turn the car off and push it, it still makes the noise. Also I put it in reverse and then drove it and the noise went away until I went WOT again later in the day.
I am still on the stock clutch so I dont and can't shift hard so I know its not from that. Also I was doing exhaust work so I may have bent a heat shield. I haven't been able to get into the autoshop to get under there, but I tried crawling under and couldn't see much.
Does this sounds like a know problem inside the transmission, or a driveshaft balancer or something, or more like a rubbing heatshield. TIA for any input!
If I turn the car off and push it, it still makes the noise. Also I put it in reverse and then drove it and the noise went away until I went WOT again later in the day.
I am still on the stock clutch so I dont and can't shift hard so I know its not from that. Also I was doing exhaust work so I may have bent a heat shield. I haven't been able to get into the autoshop to get under there, but I tried crawling under and couldn't see much.
Does this sounds like a know problem inside the transmission, or a driveshaft balancer or something, or more like a rubbing heatshield. TIA for any input!
03-02-2005, 06:35 AM
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Very possibly, didn't think about that, it even makes it while pushing the car so the mount would
probably have broken off or somehow isn't connected anymore. I'll post the problem tonight
03-02-2005, 08:37 PM
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It was a stick that bent my heatshield and got stuck above the heatshield and was scraping the
driveshaft...Just in case anyone cared. Very relieved it wasn't the transmission.
What kind of abuse can these transmissions take anyways? What hp/tq
What kind of abuse can these transmissions take anyways? What hp/tq
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03-03-2005, 12:53 PM
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It is still good, just had one of the bolts that holds the shift linkage to the housing
snap in half. Here is a picture of that bolt.
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/42349/broken_bolt.jpg">
<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/42349/broken_bolt.jpg">
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