EFinawesomeman

I went to look at a 97 DX today to purchase and the transmission was noisey, and when it was engaged in any gear i could feel extreme vibration from the shifter arm. My guess was loss of gear oil. Clutch engaged everytime and not grinds, smooth as a well machined head. Got any ideas on what could be causing this? The guy said it was just the vibration of the heat shield. haha. although that was making noise. Any insight at all?

sageuvagony

Does it still make the noise when you push in the clutch with the car not moving? If the noise goes away when you push in (disengage) the clutch, then most likely the input shaft bearing is bad.

EFinawesomeman

it only goes away if you push it in about an 1/8th of the way but if you have it fully engaged it stays there.

B18C5-EH2

Throwout bearing for clutch or mainshaft/countershaft bearings insides the transmission.

Either way bank on pulling the tranny and replacing at least the clutch with T.O bearing and also splitting the case to check the 5 main case/shaft bearings.

EFinawesomeman

yeah i had plans on replacing the clutch asap anyway becuase i can hear it against the flywheel. so i need a new flywheel too. While its out ill pop it open. thanks for the input.

speedooo

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thats backwards...pedal down=tob, pedal up=isb.

EFinawesomeman

haha its both!

EFinawesomeman

its from some redneck. he replaced the guage cluster adn claims it has only 168,000 miles while the odometer reads 148,000. he did claim that he changed the cluster cus he "broke" it. it definatly has over 170,000 judge by how the transmission feels. the engine response is beautiful and no smoke or anything, idles great, thermostat opens up nice and doesnt get hot. it was also a females car...

Kista20

mine has 177k and still drives the same way when I bought it with 67K, although I do need new shocks though. I've replaced both axles from one having a busted cv boot and both axles had slits in them but drove it for 70k+ since the dealer been telling me to change out the boots and one finally busted, also I'm still running on the factory clutch too.

EFinawesomeman

yeah this car still has factory original clutch apparantly... either way its just a daily beater so it will always be d series. cheap to fix.

EFinawesomeman

okay, update. Bought the car about an hour ago. Engine sounds good. Drives like a dream on the highway, but as I am driving every gear sounds like its getting friction against something sounds as if it is low on MTF. and when the clutch is engaged at a stop its making friction against the flywheel and its loud, not like super loud but you can hear it. And also the guy said about the heat shield making a vibration noise, took that off and the noise is still there and cant really pin point to where the vibration is unless the car is driving, there is a crack from the back of the top O2 sensor to the end but its not through, its just a crack. It has the S40 trans and D16Y7, and single slammers are foreign to me. any insight would help!

EFinawesomeman

gonna keep bumping this up till i can get an answer haha.

EFinawesomeman

doesnt go through. just a little fracture.

andoxviii

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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EFinawesomeman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">there is a crack from the back of the top O2 sensor to the end but its not through, its just a crack. </TD></TR></TABLE>

I believe this is a common problem with the D16Y7. Mine has this crack as well.

Either way, definitely check the transmission fluid. The guy may have put some garbage in there previously, or there might be a crack/leak somewhere on the tranny. I noticed a huge difference in the smoothness of the shifts when I put Honda MTF in my d-series tranny.

EFinawesomeman

oh it shifts like a dream its just really noisey and sounds like the synchros on each gear are just going out, the car has unknown mileage too cus of the cluster swap. the higher in gear you go in city driving, the less noise it makes but it still makes noise.

EFinawesomeman

and the vibration noise only comes when you are accelerating. and also the transmission noise goes away at a stop with clutch in not out. anyone else ever have this problem? im going to get a video right now to further help with explanation.

cycopath

Mine does that when it is low on MTF. I have the wrong axle in my trans so it dosen't seal fully, and leaks out over time. Mine does that exact same thing when I lose like 3/10ths of a qaurt.

Just re-fill it already.

sde780

change the transmission fluid see if it helps, he might have put something shitty in there.

EFinawesomeman

yeah ill be doing that ASAP tomorrow. Gotta go to the dealership cus i want that Honda drank. gonna do a full tune up and ordered a clutch cus im gonna teach my little sister to drive stick on this. the hatch is in the garage now. I'm uploading videos now so everyone can hear, hopefully itll do its justice on sound quality.

94EG8

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by EFinawesomeman &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">gonna do a full tune up and ordered a clutch cus im gonna teach my little sister to drive stick on this.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Teach her before you install the new clutch. Then if she destroys your clutch who cares.

EFinawesomeman

thats why im ordering the clutch haha

EFinawesomeman

should have opened the windows to hear it better. wasnt thinking. ill update tomorrow.

turn your volume up so you can hear it good.

EFinawesomeman

Update: took it out today to the dealership and got MTF noise is still there. also when the clutch is in and car is idleing you can hear the clutch slowly grab the flywheel. Any thoughts?

cycopath

It might be warped. Might need to replace them. Not sure though.

EFinawesomeman

so get a flywheel as well?