Posted By: Dan Sarkar
Well.could be worse I guess.... - December 06, 2008 04:50 pm UTC
So I was at the shop yesterday when my new DSM guru cracked the transmission open for the first time in the cars life.
All in all, it was in great shape, but 1st and 2nd gear are pretty badly worn, and there was excessive play on the shaft.
This is what was causing the weird noise I had discovered as of late. One set of tapered roller bearings was badly pitted and other mating surfaces were scored because of the shaft movement I had....this would explain why 1st was sometimes difficult to get into, as well as reverse.
Nothing really "broken" but all signs of a transmission that has seen 215K kms.
Sadly, this will be the costliest refresh yet, so I guess I'd better just look at the bright side in that my car will drive like new when I get it back in a couple of weeks.
All the consumable parts will be replaced, and I will take the time to replace my motor mounts with urethane ones as well.
Could be worse though, I could be the guy with the green GSX on the hoist who completely grenaded his bottom end.
I should have take pictures, but this guy blew two holes in the block, and the pieces blew a hole through his transfer case and shattered part of the starter...ouch.
Suddenly a few worn bearings on a transmission doesn't look so bad.
All in all, it was in great shape, but 1st and 2nd gear are pretty badly worn, and there was excessive play on the shaft.
This is what was causing the weird noise I had discovered as of late. One set of tapered roller bearings was badly pitted and other mating surfaces were scored because of the shaft movement I had....this would explain why 1st was sometimes difficult to get into, as well as reverse.
Nothing really "broken" but all signs of a transmission that has seen 215K kms.
Sadly, this will be the costliest refresh yet, so I guess I'd better just look at the bright side in that my car will drive like new when I get it back in a couple of weeks.
All the consumable parts will be replaced, and I will take the time to replace my motor mounts with urethane ones as well.
Could be worse though, I could be the guy with the green GSX on the hoist who completely grenaded his bottom end.
I should have take pictures, but this guy blew two holes in the block, and the pieces blew a hole through his transfer case and shattered part of the starter...ouch.
Suddenly a few worn bearings on a transmission doesn't look so bad.
