well i figured out where my drivetrain clanking is comming from.

[ADRENLN]

i should say i have narrowed it down. i made a thread a couple of weeks ago about drivetrain clanking every so often. well the clanking is getting more often.

it was after headers, heads, and cams were installed so i thought it had something to do that. now i realized that while sitting in neutral it will clank consistantly. once i push in the clutch it goes away!!!!

what could this be? also my car has been getting harder to shift into gear lately. dont know if these 2 things are tied in.

help me out guys. its hard really modding up a car and not being mechanically inclined. thanks

 

[1low03gt]

Sounds like it's the throughout bearing.

 

[blubullett]

shouda boughta squirrel

 

[StangLou]

i should say i have narrowed it down. i made a thread a couple of weeks ago about drivetrain clanking every so often. well the clanking is getting more often.

it was after headers, heads, and cams were installed so i thought it had something to do that. now i realized that while sitting in neutral it will clank consistantly. once i push in the clutch it goes away!!!!

what could this be? also my car has been getting harder to shift into gear lately. dont know if these 2 things are tied in.

If it goes away as soon as you put the clutch in and doesnt come back until you let it out, I would say its the throwout bearing.

If its getting hard for you to get in gear, check your clutch cable. It could be starting to fray, or something. I had mine go out on the freaking highway. I was in a parking lot and it took forever to get in reverse. Finally got it moving straight and I could barely get it in a gear. Got on the hw and got up to 4th gear slamming the hell out of the gears. Managed to coast into work and pop the hood. The cable looked like someone stuck a stick of dynomite to it lol. Frayed all to crap. If you have an adjustable cable/quadrant, try playing with that and see if it helps.

btw, I havent been on this site in FOREVER, but your car is looking awesome now man

 

[ADRENLN]

hey stanglou! thanks man. when i first saw this i was like " damn stanglou, where the heck has he been?" good to hear from you.

anyway, ill have to get the throwout bearing checked out. where exactly is it located? the car is very low on miles but the clutch gets a pretty good workout. i dont see why anything else woul go with the amount of miles i have on the car.

 

[StangLou]

Its in the bellhousing. They typically go out way before a clutch does. If your tough on the clutch then the TOB is likely your culprit. Typically if you can deal with the noise its no big deal. My factory TOB never really squeaked but I replaced my clutch and all at about 16-18000 miles with a Spec Stage II. My Spec TOB squeaked since day 1 basically. Doesnt bother me. I can just hear a slight squeak/rattle that goes away when I put the clutch in. I just deal with the noise. Ive got almost 60000 on the car now with no issues other that TOB noise. Noisey TOB are very common with our cars.
If you do replace it, I would do a clutch swap at the same time if your still on the stock clutch. Day and night difference in an aftermarket and stock clutch.

I would be much more concerned about it being hard to get in gear. Could be the cable, or worse case a bent or broken fork. I would trouble shoot that first then deal with the TOB issue.

Good luck man!!!

 

[Ram5773]

???

My buddy bullit had the same problem and when we took it apart the sleeve that the through out bearing rides on was worn out. When the peddle is depressed it puts tension on the bearing stopping the noise but when the pedal is out it has clearence in between the bearing and the shaft and thats when you get the noise. It's just thought, take a look.

Ram

 

[Built98GT]

I would also say it is your throw out bearing. Mine made the clanking sound and I drove it for about a month and ended up braking the imput shaft on the tranny.I would change it ASAP. If your not doing the work yourself this will be expensive because you have longtube headers.I just had my fixed by the shop that works on my car and it cost me a little over 900 just to fix the TOB because I have longtubes.

 

[ADRENLN]

thanks guys. the getting in gear thing is not real bad, just a bit more notchy then usual. the long tube thing is bad news though.

although where i get my worked on there used to be this guy that did all the installs. he recently left the job for more money. anyway he installed all my stuff and said that with the slp l/t he would be able to swap the clutch without remobing the header. he said this was because the slp l/t's dont have as big collectors as the others.

tny truth to this? i only have 11,200 miles on the car...geez!