re: GTV6 transaxle question

[Joe Elliott <jee@domain.elided>]

This sounds exactly like a loose bolt on one of the front transaxle 
mounts to me.  I imagine that when you put it all back together the 
clunk will be gone.  I suppose it could also be a bad transaxle 
mount, but I imagine you checked that.

At 8:43 PM -0400 5/2/02, alfa-digest wrote:
>Date: Thu, 02 May 2002 19:04:07 +0000
>From: "Allen Mitchell" <allenom@domain.elided>
>Subject: GTV6 transaxle question
>
>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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