There is a soft chattering sound coming from my tranny when I am in gear and no throttle.. when I'm accelerating or just applying throttle to maintain speed there is no sound.. or if I'm in neutral there is no sound. I thought it was the passenger side axle but I changed that yesterday and that didn't cure it. My setup is 94 Integra LS, GS-R tranny w/ Cusco LSD, Clutch Specialties 6-puck clutch and lightened flywheel. The clutch and tranny were just installed about 5-6k miles ago. My friend told me the flywheel bolts may be loose.. and that makes sense to me. The tranny feels fine, and it still drives fine, but I don't want to drive it anymore til I find out what is causing this sound and fix it. I hate to pull the tranny off just to find out the flywheel bolts are tight.. any ideas??

 

its probably your throw-out bearing

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by iwhichisme &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">its probably your throw-out bearing</TD></TR></TABLE>

It is your throw-out bearing Torrey. I thought i heard it the other day. Easy fix.

 

thanks Ben

 

so should i be fine driving it til this weekend?

 

is it true that some clutches will make a chatter. I thought I read this somewhere about a week or so ago.
I am in the market for a new clutch and and I thought I read this on one of the sites that I had visited when looking for clutches. I'M NOT SURE, but I thought I did.

 

Does the sound go away when you press the clutch in?

 

Double check that heat shield.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BauleyCivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Does the sound go away when you press the clutch in?</TD></TR></TABLE>
yes it goes away when i press the clutch in.. and i am 100% sure it's not the heat sheild

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blacksheep &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">
yes it goes away when i press the clutch in.. </TD></TR></TABLE>

UH OH..YET ANOTHER BAD INPUT SHAFT BEARING

Diagnosing the problem: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=590820
How to fix it: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=596873

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blacksheep &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">yes it goes away when i press the clutch in.. and i am 100% sure it's not the heat sheild</TD></TR></TABLE>Try this... Run engine in neutral, clutch engaged (pedal up). It should be making the noise.

Press in the clutch pedal quickly & listen. If it's the throw-out bearing the noise should go away immediately. If it's a transmission bearing it should take a couple seconds for the shafts to coast to a stop.

 

Thanks for all the help guys.. it takes a second or 2 for the sound to stop, so I guess it's in the tranny.. DAMN that sucks.. oh well.. I've never taken apart a tranny, so I don't think I'll tackle this one on my own. I guess this is really gonna break the bank.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blacksheep &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... I guess this is really gonna break the bank. </TD></TR></TABLE>You might be able to do the remove & install yourself to save money. But I bet that's just about as difficult as taking it apart once it's out.

 

Yeah dude...get a ******* helms manual, read my writeup, then go to it It took me a few days...but I fucked up several things (as you will read) it can be easily done in a weekend with some friends

 

I don't wanna risk messing up my tranny. I think I'll pay my friend who has rebuilt a few trannys before.. cause I have a feeling if I do it myself, I'll end up spending a lot more money in the long run.

 

ok guys.. new update.. I was driving my car yesterday to get something to eat and I had just pulled out into the road and was going about 20-25 in 2nd gear when something clicked and it popped out of gear.. and then this loud clicking noise started. So I went to my girlfriend's house and parked it and will not drive it anymore til I pull that tranny out and get whatever it is fixed. It still drove perfectly fine, but there was this loud clicking noise whenever I was not accelerating. Even if the clutch was pressed in or in neutral, the clicking would not stop til the car was fully stopped.. Any ideas??? I'm probably gonna pull the tranny out this weekend and take it to get it fixed next week.

 

Probably chewed that bearing up

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BauleyCivic &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Probably chewed that bearing up </TD></TR></TABLE>

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by blacksheep &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">... will not drive it anymore til I pull that tranny out and get whatever it is fixed...</TD></TR></TABLE>That sounds like a good plan.