RE: Return of the Rattling Spider Thread...

["Ken Ross" <Kdross@domain.elided>]

I too have a rattle in my spider, but it seems to be coming from a different
location than previously mentioned.  The noise seems to be coming from the
front passenger foot well (perhaps the noise is in the engine compartment?)
and sounds like a piece of sheet metal vibrating loudly against something.
Any ideas would be appreciated.

Ken Ross
Kdross@domain.elided


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From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf Of Hal
Taylor
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 12:07 AM
To: Simon Favre; alfa digest
Subject: Re: Return of the Rattling Spider Thread...

Simon,

Thanks for the response.

You're talking about that bracket with the two rubber bushings (grommets?)
in it, right?  Yeah, that checks out ok.

Rubber bushings around the driveshaft intermediate bushings have not yet
been checked.

The quality of this noise (thin and buzzy) suggests to me that it's
something relatively light (?).  The exhaust bracket would have seemed
right, but I don't think it's that.

Brian Shorey (who seems pretty savy, in general) has suggested that the
pilot bushing in the driveshaft, which mates with the transmission's output
shaft, could be the culprit.  I seem to get the noise equally whether the
transmission is in neutral or driving the wheels, however; I'm not sure if
that would be consistent with a  pilot bushing issue or not.

Feedback (anybody)?

Thanks again.

Hal Taylor
'86 spider veloce "Strega" (like Marie Callas with laryngitis)



Simon Favre wrote:

> Have you thoroughly checked out the exhaust support bracket that bolts
> to the tranny? This bracket has 2 pieces, one bolted to the tranny, and
> one that attaches to the first piece with bolts through rubber bushings.
> If either bracket is bent, or if the rubber bushings are shot, it can
> rattle against the tranny support crossmember, making quite a racket.
>
> As the noise went away when they grabbed the driveshaft, this might be
> a suspect. Something else to check would be the rubber around the
> driveshaft intermediate bearing. Again, if the rubber is shot, you can
> get a metal to metal rattle. There's nothing inside the gearbox that
> should be able to rattle like this.
>
> Hal Taylor wrote:
>
> >Well, mine has had a nasty buzz at around 3000 rpm, since I've owned it.
> >I originally thought it was exhaust and, piece by piece, I replaced the
> >entire exhaust system, to no avail.

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