Pstl_pete
07-02-2005, 09:31 AM
Drove for about 70 miles today at a quick pace (dont know the speed cause speedo doesnt work yet) and as soon as I get off the highway I hear a horrible grinding noise (like gears crunching, metal on metal contact) coming from underneath the car.
I pull it over and check underneath cant see anything. So I proceed to drive it slow and check all the gears, everything shifts fine but the noise is there. Clutch works flawlessy.
So I limp it to my buddys house and lift the rear end up, spin the drive shaft and the noise is non existent. The diff still works. There is some play in the shaft but nothing too bad. I cant see anything wrong. By now the car has sat for about 15 min. I start the car up and go for a ride and the noise is gone!
To add, on the highway whenever I would apply a decent amount of gas (read: significant torque increase) I think I heard the same noise but cant confirm cause it went away when I lifted. Thats why I am leaning towards the diff.
The tranny fluid is brand new with Redline MT90 but the diff oil hasnt been changed yet. I am wondering whether it could be the diff that has overheated and once the fluid cools the diff works again.
SR tranny has a whine to it everytime its in gear but other than that works fine.
Any suggestions on this would be a great help cause Im lost...
Car is a 95 with VLSD, S14 SR.
I pull it over and check underneath cant see anything. So I proceed to drive it slow and check all the gears, everything shifts fine but the noise is there. Clutch works flawlessy.
So I limp it to my buddys house and lift the rear end up, spin the drive shaft and the noise is non existent. The diff still works. There is some play in the shaft but nothing too bad. I cant see anything wrong. By now the car has sat for about 15 min. I start the car up and go for a ride and the noise is gone!
To add, on the highway whenever I would apply a decent amount of gas (read: significant torque increase) I think I heard the same noise but cant confirm cause it went away when I lifted. Thats why I am leaning towards the diff.
The tranny fluid is brand new with Redline MT90 but the diff oil hasnt been changed yet. I am wondering whether it could be the diff that has overheated and once the fluid cools the diff works again.
SR tranny has a whine to it everytime its in gear but other than that works fine.
Any suggestions on this would be a great help cause Im lost...
Car is a 95 with VLSD, S14 SR.