tranny noise

[rapieper@yahoo.com (Ron Pieper)]

The rattling/buzzing during idle is not a sign of SMS.  You'll hear
true SMS when the car is moving, since that's when the parts that cause
the SMS (all in the diff area) get mashed into the case.  It *may* be
an after-effect of a rivet head coming lose, though, which would mean
true SMS is imminent.

Frankly, I'd be looking at:
-throwout bearing 
-the rod , which pushes on the plate
-the activation plate
-the bushing in the mainshaft 
-the pressure plate itself

Sorry so brief, gotta go watch the kids....




--- Eric Anastas <aireq@softhome.net> wrote:
> '86 8v. When it is idling, I hear this rattling/buzzing sound. It
> seems to
> go away if I put it above 1500 RPM, though It might just get drowned
> out by
> the sound of the motor. I'd been having a hard time avoiding grinding
> reverse, and getting into any gear in general. Adjusting my clutch
> cable
> helped a little with the grinding/gear changes. But I wasn't able to
> adjust
> it to spec because I reached the limit of adjustment on the cable. I
> just
> drained the tranny fluid and put in some Redline MTL. The shifting
> problems
> have improoved, and the rattling/buzzing sound at idle went away for
> a
> little bit, but now it's back. I'm thinking that the hard shifting is
> because my syncros are worn out from the miss-adjusted clutch cable,
> and the
> buzzing is SMS (self machining syndrom). Can someone describe to me
> what
> that sounds like? Does this sound like it could be SMS? I tried
> recording
> the sound with my digital recorder but it didn't really come out,
> plus I'd
> need a place to post it from any of you to hear it.
> 
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
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