Ken Streeter writes:
> I find myself in much the same position, although my sound is very much
like a
> "click" rather than a "clunk."
> looked, probed, pulled, twisted, and bonked. I didn't find more than
1/16" of
> play in any of the U-joints, or on the diff mounts.
I wouldn't want to find any play that I could invoke by hand in any of these
areas. I'm an alarmist at heart, and I suppose a little is OK. But if
you're hearing noises and you're not *sure* of the component's history, I'd
put replacement/reconditioning high on my to-do list.
On the other hand, a couple of years ago I kept hearing an annoying clicking
coming from my front-right wheel. I'd had the wheels off the car a couple
of weeks earlier and noticed that the springs in the plastic wheel insert
were worn out, and I assumed that one of these had come loose and was
rattling around. I finally got around to checking, and first discovered to
my horror that the lug nuts were all only finger-tight on all 4 wheels. My
face is still red. But that didn't fix the noise. So I pulled off the
plastic insignia in the offending wheel, and sure enough, a spring had
popped out and was captured beneath the plastic.
In a rear wheel, I might also suspect a brake component: a shoe dragging, a
loose or broken return spring, or perhaps a bit of dirt in the drum.
I've always experience bearing trouble as a rumbling noise, but I wouldn't
put the bearing assembly out of my search path.
I can't imagine noises coming from the differential mounts except under
transitions in the load carried by the drivetrain--never a continuous noise.
However, I have nightmares about all the rotating parts in my tired, old
differential, and I dread the day it starts making noises.
> PS: I don't know what it is, but I get a little unsettled while being
under
> the rear end of the TR6 in a way that I never do under the engine...
Anybody
> else notice this wierd kind of claustrophobia?
I've always called that common sense. I find it reassuring.
Kevin Riggs
'72 TR6
rkriggs@ingr.com
Huntsville, AL
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