[DeTomaso] ZF chatter

[Bjoern Flesland]

Throw out bearing?
Cheers Bjoern


On Fri, Oct 5, 2012 at 6:07 PM, David D Fisher <fisher95020 at yahoo.com>wrote:

> This is one of those questions that is almost pointless to ask becuase
> it's pretty hard to describe effectively, but here it goes.
>
> I've noticed that when my car is idling in neutral that the ZF is making a
> rather unusual chatter.  It sounds like gears rattling on each other, but
> it doesnt have a period or rythym to it, almost more like a ball bearing
> being thrown around randomly.    It's just loud enough that I can hear it
> with the deck open and standing right over the engine, but not from inside
> the car.  I've been wrenching on cars for 4 decades and I have to bin this
> one in the "that doesnt sound good" category, but the box seems to work
> fine, other than a weak 2nd gear syncro.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Thanks
>
> David
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