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07-28-2020, 03:53 PM | #1 |
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in why my car is making these ratting sounds ,, I am wanting to get it road worthy and sell it ..
I start up the car (1939 Chevy ) 235 cu in motor-- 5 speed T-5 tranny --1955 Bel Air rear end ,,and it sits there rattling with a sound like a throw out bearing going out..when I shift it rattles and after I shift it rattles .,while driving ,,,worse in lower gears than the high one like the 3RD and 4TH I decided to have the car hauled to the Machanic Trans shop instead of driving it and taking the chance of it breaking down along the way.. ,,,So the Machanic took the transmission apart and found nothing wrong with it ,,,,,,,,,,,( I had reservations because my son and I overhauled it),.. he puts a stethascope to the motor area and also the rear end ,,no harsh sounds ,,but at the fly wheel area there's where the rattling sound is coming from . The machanic wants me to do some things like jack up the transmission and put something like a 1/4 inch leather or hard rubber shim between the transmission and the cross member for the transmission.. next take the bolts out of the crossmember under the bell housing and take down the cross member.. Then he says start the engine and see it this stops the rattling sound .. He showed me how the motor mount rubbers were worn to where the motor metal is sitting right on the cross member that the mounts are on.. he thinks the sound may be traveling to the bell housing area along with the bell housing mounts also are worn too.. Now I want to make clear ,,this is a harsh rattle like a sound of a bad throw out bearing as for what I can compare the noise too.,the throw out bearing is like new
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Cracked flywheel? Just throwing out an idea. Could be one of the mounts the guy pointed out as well. Worth a look but I am just a few minutes south of Idaho.
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After rebuilding the transmission and installing it ,,and while test driving I did hear one big noise like a "SNAP "! that might of been the fly wheel breaking.??... thx .. for this idea 67c10Step
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Does it rattle when you accelerate?
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Does it continue to rattle with the clutch depressed?
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When the mechanic had the trans out did he pull the clutch and inspect it or the pilot bushing or bearing?
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I'll give you $5k for the car and you can forget about the rattle.
Seriously though ....I'm no expert by any means, and have no idea what the tranny is out of, but I believe those 5spds sourced from S10's had this big 4x4 steel heavy block hanging on the tail shaft which was for vibration I was told. |
07-28-2020, 07:04 PM | #8 |
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Just to clarify ,,I do have a flywheel and not a flexplate.. and flexplates are the ones most likely to crack and break ..
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07-28-2020, 07:23 PM | #9 |
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Yeah, if a flywheel breaks it's usually a little more catastrophic. My dad knew the guy who was the cause of a redesign on the floor of '57 Chevies after he got in one with fuel injection, wound it up and the flywheel broke. It laid a part of the floor pan over his foot and kept the accelerator pedal all the way down. Finally figured out enough to shut it off. I had a friend with a '55 Chevy. We were cruising Van Nuys Blvd one night and he got into a race with a Nova wagon. He shifted into second and started losing ground, so he slammed it back into low (no synchro- it made quite the noise!) and pulled it up to whatever that Corvette engine would rev. Knowing about that exploded flywheel, I slid my feet back to the seat to avoid shrapnel. But it held. I don't remember who won that race, I was busy watching my feet.
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I worked with a guy years ago that bought a brand new Chrysler and it wouldn't start every time and had to push just a few feet to make it work..and he found out that the fly wheel was out of round and it got stuck on the starter..
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Powerstrokes were notorious for the springs in the dual mass flywheels weakening or cracking causing a rattle that sounded like a box of rocks shaking around. It would be especially loud as you would shut off the engine and the flywheel would rattle for a second or two after the engine was off.
The clutch plate also has very similar damper springs that run the circumference of the clutch hub. Ive seen those crack and just flat out degrade to the point that they are loose and you can hear the hub, springs and friction rattle by hand when you take them out. They would rattle anytime the engine runs, probably more prominent in the lower revs because the engine strokes are more defined? Im gonna guess that as you let the clutch out, the rattle goes away for a bit only to return when the clutch is lightly loaded? On acceleration and deceleration does it pipe down? The thought of a cracked flywheel is enough to make me pull the trans out just so I could sleep. Never seen one in person but know that blow proof bell housings are made for a reason. My bet is on the damper springs on that clutch plate.
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As far as the mechanic's suggestion with belts and such, why didn't he just install new mounts? Why don't you start there, since they are all worn and need replaced anyway. Even if you still get the noise, you have eliminated that possibility and the care is better for the sale.
In a '95 Chevy diesel I had a DMF crack and it sounded like a rod knock. GM says DMF stands for Dual Mass Flywheel, but I say DMF stands for who ever came up with that dumb idea! It took a lot to convert it to a solid chunk of steel that I have never seen fail
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When the snubbers went out on the DMF in my '92 pressing the clutch in quieted it. It sounded like the throw-out bearing, but when it's that the noise happens when peddle is depressed. The throw-out is just floating while driving. So I went in expecting to find the front bearing bad, not knowing anything about the dumb mother... I mean dual mass flywheel. Not really unrelated. Hopefully adding some perspective.
The mechanic would have seen issues with the throw-out bearing or if it the fork was messed up. I would think he would have inspected the pressure plate and clutch disc, even before going into the transmission. I'm somewhat doubtful of this mechanic. I don't get how he would hand your car back telling you to try adding temporary bushings to check for vibration broadcasting when he had the transmission out, went into it, and re-installed. What in creation would he not have simply replaces those gal dern mounts??? I just can not grasp that.Sounds like the load of crap the GMC dealer tried handing me when my truck went in for issues under warranty. "We couldn't get it to do that", I heard on a couple different issues. "Well, it does it for me and it needs fixed!" Another story for another day.
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By the way are the bolts to hold the flay wheel in supposed to be tightened to 60 lbs ? seems that was what I did way back when?
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Hows the starter setup on that car? Same as the trucks? I had a starter that eventuallyt started bouncing the pinion end retainer on the flywheel making a random rattle. Might throw a thin shim in and see if the rattle goes away.
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Would this problem you say that the starter is boucing the pinion end retainer still make the rattle even after the starter disengages from the fly wheel?
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Absolutely. While the engine is running. Thats what the old worn out starter in my old winter beater 76 nova with a 250 was doing. Up in the air with the flywheel cover removed you could watch everything shaking and make contact with the flywheel momentarily creating the rattle sound. Started off very randomn, and obviously got to the point where up in the air trying to find it (and checking flywheel, hence the flywheel cover removed) starting it up for a listen and bingo as they say. Only experienced it once on that car. I think it was only virtue of the fact it was up in the air and running that we finally located the sound. Changed starters and all was quiet again.
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I didn't see anything about a new starter in the OP, I read it as a mystery rattle appeared first and the trans got r&r in the meantime.
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thanks again Axle I will let you and all know what it was soon as I can get it up on a hoist.
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I wish I could offer better help. The only thing I wonder is, have you tried not shaking your head over this matter? If so, did the rattling stop?
Sorry my friend. I know it's not a funny to have this problem. But sometimes joking helps, even if it doesn't fix the car. I've racked my own brain on this enough to make it rattle some
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Tim.. thanks .. I do have a couple leads to go on from guys on this forum ,,so this coming week I am going to dig into and get it done.. thx to you guys too..correction ,,it will be the later part of the month ,,I plan on it anyway
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[QUOTE=GOPAPA;8783336]in why my car is making these ratting sounds ,, I am wanting to get it road worthy and sell it ..
I start up the car (1939 Chevy ) 235 cu in motor-- 5 speed T-5 tranny --1955 Bel Air rear end ,,and it sits there rattling with a sound like a throw out bearing going out..when I shift it rattles and after I shift it rattles .,while driving ,,,worse in lower gears than the high one like the 3RD and 4TH Just sharing with ya all The Latest on my rattle problem with my ol car.. The Transmission that the son and I overhauled turned out ok and still got a rattle sound ,,now on the 25th I am taking the car back to the machanic and have him install a new clutch and preasure plate ,, I figure it is a broken clutch spring ,, as that would be the "Snap Sound " I heard when I test drove it some months ago.. and therefore making a rattling sound.. Not sure if I need a 11 inch clutch or a 10 inch ,,so will have to take the old one out to find out ..
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Larry I don't know what generation 5 sp you have but I remember the first S10 pickups 5 speed trannys rattled from factory. Brand new trucks rattled sitting in neutral. Took back to dealer several times and was told that series trans used ATF instead of gear oil and it was going to rattle like that and would hurt nothing. Apparently so as those trucks ran plenty of hard miles without failures. I have forgotten if this trans is one that you've been running in the car for some time or if it's one you have recently put in it. Hopefully a new clutch and pp will cure yours.
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