I'm having a problem with my tranny. its a EK4 cx.

When i start to accelerate from first gear, the rattling starts, but once past 2,000 rpm the rattling quits.. this goes for every gear 1-5.. LOW RPM the rattling starts.

honestly i really dont know what the problem is.. I'm assuming that its the tranny, simply because i already tried to tighten all the heat shields around my exaust piping and headers.

i was thinking it MIGHT be that i need to change tranny fluid. but i dont know how to do that.. i really need help on this one.

 

sounds like a berring, could be trans main, throwout, ect... or even a messed up synchro, is it in every gear??

 

Sounds like an axle problem. Whats the mileage on the tranny and axles?

 

yes, its in every gear at a low rpm.

 

most likely a bearing in the tranny this happend to my friends lx sorta sounds like metal chunks flying around then suddenly no noise. i replaced his whole tranny but when i took his old one apart it was the main bearing.

 

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like i said, u can go in n rebuild but i wouldnt they r weak trans anyways. Drive easy n save for a swap, this is the exact reason y my car has a b16 w/ a strong gsr LSD so i dont have to worry bout the trans too much

 

I had a problem similiar to yours. A couple people thought it was main tranny bearing, and that I should just scrap it and get a new one. Everything is all good now after the swap.

 

thanks everyone..

motor swap does sound good!

but im planning on getting a bike after i sell it.


btw. i figured out what the problem was!...after everyone's tip, i decided to pull the headers out and put it back on snug..and i guess something was pinching and caused the heat sheilds to rattle.


thanks again everyone!