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On Tue, 2004-08-10 at 17:55, sshisheng@hotmail.com wrote: > > Well now I am home, I checked the flex plate bolts and all were tight. I > took them out and cleaned and applied locktite just for good measure. Still > the same problem. Well, you could have a flex plate that is cracked. Or, you could have an engine with the wrong gland nut holdint the drive plate. There was a difference betweent the one for the T-3 and the T-1. The T-3 hex protion is thinner. > > I put the car up on jack stands and put it in gear. I could hear the noise > at the left rear wheel. I took it apart and everything was good, wheel > bearings were packed and moved with ease. Brakes all tight etc. It the axle nut torqued to 256 ft lbs?? This is about as tight as you can get it and a little bit more. A loose drum can makes some weird noises. Is there any signs of loose rust around the axle nut?? This is a sign of a loose axle nut. > > I then moved to the axl and CVs. I removed the left axl from the tranny and > ran the engine, still the same noise, just not as loud. I rotated the shaft > in the differential(sp?) and it kinda seemed chunky/clunky/sloppy back and > forth but I don't know what it is suppose to sound like? However, when I > move the right rear wheel it does not clunk much at all. I removed the > shaft that connects the CV joint to the tranny and engages the differential. > I inspected the splines and they seemed to have no noticeble wear or > markings. The gear oil did not have signs of metal or grit. The CV joints > still had plenty grease and moved on the end of the axl shaft fine. Have you tried reversing the axles. (Making them run in the opposite direction they have been running. If it is a CV, this will usually make the noise go away temporarily. > > Anyone have any ideas? The noise that is made when driving is definitly > more noticable when you lightly engage the engine, the more gas/force the > less the noise. When you let up you hear this kind of loose > rattling/knocking around as the wheels rotate. Check the axle nuts. > > My local VW mechanic seems to think that I should remove both axles and run > the engine, just to rule out any of the CV joints which could make the > described sound. And before condeming my tranny. If there is no load on the tranny, it will probably not make noise. -- Russ Wolfe '71 FB AT '66 FB MT '65 T1 (not running) russw@classicvw.org http://www.classicvw.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~ Shameless link for search engines: http://listarchive.type3.org ~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~