New Clunking Sound from Drivetrain

**Rhinohuey** · 11-20-2007, 01:53 PM

Whenever I am cruising along in 1st gear and I start to pulsate the gas pedal, and the car starts to lurch back and forth, I get a really strange clunking sound coming from somewhere near the transmission. It almost seems to be coming from inside the transmission. It just sounds just like I have alot of play in the joint between the transmsission and the driveshaft (don't know what its called...universal joint or CV joint) but I got underneath the car and tried to turn the driveshaft and only got a very small amount of play.

Today I jacked up the rear of the car and put the transmission in 1st and had someone rotate one of the back wheels forward back forward back... really quickly while I was under the car. I hear what sounds like the same noise coming from inside the transmission. Everytime they switch direction while rotating the wheel I got a clunk.

I also get the same noise when I am cruising in first gear at ~1600-1700 rpms and a push the clutch in quickly to take it out of gear. Its the same noise coming from the same place except instead of making just one clunk it makes like 4 or 5 (like a loud rattling sound).

Also, I'm not sure if this could be related to the problem, but when I am in first gear, moving, and I put in the clutch just to take it out of gear it feels like it sticks in the 1st gear position for just a second. When I am still rolling and I go to put it it 1st gear from neutral it takes a second for the shifter to slip into the 1st position. (If I push the shifter towards 1st, it sits in between N and 1 for a second then it slips into 1st after the car rolls for just a second.)

Anybody have any idea what could be causing the noise? I am about to go crazy.

**joejenkinsglass** · 11-20-2007, 03:07 PM

sounds like normal rear end clunk..........but then again the rattle sound could be the clutch (pressure plate) if you cant figure it out beat it till it breaks

**Starion** · 11-20-2007, 04:35 PM

Could have a bad transmission mount. It will usually cause more of a banging noise rather than a clunk though.

**Rhinohuey** · 11-20-2007, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by joejenkinsglass

sounds like normal rear end clunk..........but then again the rattle sound could be the clutch (pressure plate) if you cant figure it out beat it till it breaks

After looking at it closer, the noise sounds like it is coming from right at the end of the transmsission (where it connects to the driveshaft) except inside the transmission.

**Rhinohuey** · 11-20-2007, 06:02 PM

Originally Posted by Starion

Could have a bad transmission mount. It will usually cause more of a banging noise rather than a clunk though.

I've already tried changing the transmission mount. It did it before, and it didn't seem to help any.

**joejenkinsglass** · 11-20-2007, 06:31 PM

what about the torque arm?

**Rhinohuey** · 11-20-2007, 06:57 PM

Originally Posted by joejenkinsglass

what about the torque arm?

I wondered about that. I looked at the mounts and from what I could tell, they look like they are in working order. Do you have to actually unbolt the arm to see if the mounts are shot or not?

**joejenkinsglass** · 11-21-2007, 09:42 AM

Originally Posted by Rhinohuey

I wondered about that. I looked at the mounts and from what I could tell, they look like they are in working order. Do you have to actually unbolt the arm to see if the mounts are shot or not?

I dont think so but I am not sure