Re: [ihc] Glessie whine/hum/buzz

[Steven Stegmann <steve.stegmann@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll third looking at the driveshaft joints.

BTW if you can feel **any** play anywhere around a
u-joint it needs to go.  Those are needle bearings and
should have absolutly no slop in any direction.  

Steve

--- Bill Fowler <bill_fowler@domain.elided> wrote:
> So there is this sort of whine,  actually more of a
> hum or vibration when I
> get the ol gal up to about 30-40 mph steady.  It
> sounds as if it coming
> from the front end or perhaps the drive train under
> the floorboards.  You
> can actually feel the vibration in the floorboards. 
>  It is intermittent,
> kind of comes on for a second or two, goes away for
> ten, comes back on maybe
> for 5 seconds, off and on, off and on.  Does not
> seem affected by turning.
> My best guess is its something in the drivetrain, 
> maybe the transfer case?
> This is in 2H btw.
> 
> BTW (Jim) what the heck is that 1 square steel
> member that is bolted from
> the back of the clutch housing to the transfer case?
>  Some sort of
> stiffener?  Does not look stock to my highly trained
> eye ; <).
> 
> Bill Fowler
> 1969 Travelall 1100 D 4x4 Glessie