Need Help! Cabby won't go - has very weird noise

[treed2 at u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

Jeff,

Does the noise go away (in neutral) when you step on the clutch? If so,
you may have a flywheel bolt backed out. Have a helper spin the motor over
by hand while you shine a flashlight down the bellhousing timing hole.
Check that the bolts are all snug and you can rule out this possibility.

-Toby

On Sat, 11 Oct 2003, Jeff Toomasson wrote:

> OK - this one came way out of left field. I had just got done taking out the front A-arm bolt to verify it's size, put it back and was going to go to the FLAPS.
>
> But I started it, put it into gear, and tried to go.  As Iet off the clutch, I got MAJOR lapping-like grinding noise like something in the tranny had gone majorly wrong. When I drove it last Sunday there was _no_ indication of this and it hasn't been driven since. WTF?!
>
> The A-arm came out a bit and I had to jack up the car to get it back in place. Could I have pulled the CV joint apart? The outer didn't look bad though I didn't think to pay that close attention...
>
> The tranny is a rebuilt 4k, clutch has less than 500 miles with new gear oil.
>
> Any ideas?  Thanks, JT
>
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