GTV6 transaxle question

["Allen Mitchell" <allenom@domain.elided>]

Hi-
My GTV6 started making a "clunk!" when I let off the gas, particularly in 
3rd and 4th gear.  So, I started taking stuff off the car to figure out what 
the problem was.  The driveshaft and all its doughnuts are fine, as are all 
the engine mounts.  The clutch is fine also.  I could reproduce the clunk 
when I turned the input shaft of the transmission back and forth with the 
car in 3rd or 4th gear. SO, I took off the front half of the transaxle and 
pulled out the gearbox.  Nothing is grossly wrong, no stripped gears, etc.  
If I engage 3rd or 4th gear and turn the input shaft while I keep the pinion 
shaft still, there is play, probably 1/16" or more.  The is play in 1 but 
not in 2.  5th seems pretty tight.  It looks to me as if there play between 
the synchro hubs and the synchro sleeves in 1/2 and 3/4.  The problem is 
only when I let off the gas; there is no corresponding clunk when I get back 
on the gas (I think).  Any ideas?  What I can see of the differential is OK, 
the spider gears are not stripped.  My CV joints are fine, and there is no 
play in them.
Thanks,
Al



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