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- Silver
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- Silver
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- Location: St. Paul, MN
Spring is back in Minnesota and I'm back at trying to solve the rattle in my drivetrain. I took my '83 GTV6 to the one Alfa specialist in the Twin Cities for diagnosis. They put it up on the lift and messed around with it for an hour. He identifed the rattle as coming from the front of the driveshaft and suggested the front or mid centering bearings as possible culprits, also maybe just not geasing these bearings. I brought it home and removed the driveshaft (again) to check these things out. To me, everything looks fine. The front and mid bearings look great. The pilot hole in the flywheel looked fine also. I reinserted the front half of the driveshaft without the front donut and the front bearing was tight in the flywheel.
The front bushing is pressed in, nothing to replace from under the car.
The front bushing is pressed in, nothing to replace from under the car.
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- Silver
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While I had everything apart I figured I'd replace the 2nd gear syncros. As I tilted the tranny down I finally got my first good luck at the front tranny mounts. Turns out all the bolts in the mounts were loose, only one still had a nut on the back. Holes in the mounts have even ovaled a little due to the movement.
This must be it, at low rpms the front of the tranny is bouncing around which is transmitted into the driveshaft and terminates at the front.
This must be it, at low rpms the front of the tranny is bouncing around which is transmitted into the driveshaft and terminates at the front.
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- Silver
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- Verde
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- Silver
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Agree on the front yoke and pinch bolt here...From all the rattling the splines wear and eventually the pinchbolt cannot do its intended job.
Replace the frony yoke with a new or very good one..
At a push,loctite the splines ,but beware the next time you need to pull it apart
Ive had a customer that could not spend money on her car,so in desperation I knocked the splines flatter with a rather big hammer....It did sort the rattle out,but obviously NOT the way to go...
Ive had these yokes made at a local Machine shop if they are not available new...
Ive also just balanced the shaft on my project gearbox mount car using jubilee clamps...a first for me,it worked superbly....
Replace the frony yoke with a new or very good one..
At a push,loctite the splines ,but beware the next time you need to pull it apart
Ive had a customer that could not spend money on her car,so in desperation I knocked the splines flatter with a rather big hammer....It did sort the rattle out,but obviously NOT the way to go...
Ive had these yokes made at a local Machine shop if they are not available new...
Ive also just balanced the shaft on my project gearbox mount car using jubilee clamps...a first for me,it worked superbly....
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- Silver
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And Bingo was his name-o.
I followed Greg's advise and really torqued down on the pinch bolt after first lubing the threads with anti-sieze. Having snaped bolts before, I've grown leary of doing this. I went about 90 ft-lbs on this lubed bolt.
Result is no rattle, completely gone. Wish I would have done this a year ago, but then again if I did I wouldn't have taken the time to install new 2nd gear syncros.
Can I have a Rah? Come on, give me a Rah!
I followed Greg's advise and really torqued down on the pinch bolt after first lubing the threads with anti-sieze. Having snaped bolts before, I've grown leary of doing this. I went about 90 ft-lbs on this lubed bolt.
Result is no rattle, completely gone. Wish I would have done this a year ago, but then again if I did I wouldn't have taken the time to install new 2nd gear syncros.
Can I have a Rah? Come on, give me a Rah!
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- Silver
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