Hey all,
I have an '89 GT with a manual tranny, and a problem that used to be minor is becoming majorly annoying. Whenever my car is rolling and the tranny is not under load, I get this damned clacking metal-tapping-metal sound. What I mean by not under load is in neutral or in gear with clutch in while rolling under
30 MPH. The speed of the tapping sound corresponds with the rolling speed. At 5 MPH it is like a clank... clank... clank. At 20 MPH is like a bicycle with a playing card flapping in the spokes. I put the car in gear, and it stops, unless the car is rolling "with" the tranny, I.E. the point where you are neither applying gas or decellerating. Then the sound is just kinda at random, not rhythmical. Above 30 MPH, you can't hear it. It has gotten worse over the past 6 months. I have been told it could be the throwout bearing. If so, the name fits it. I think it will be a pain in the ass to replace it, and a pain in the wallet to have someone else do it. I am pretty sure that it's one of those things that requires pulling off the transmission. It's kinda embarrasing to be the guy whose car is making weird sounds. I remember from the last time I was at a stop light and that guy pulls up with the fingernails-on-chalkboard SHREEEEEEEIKing brakes. Someone want to throw me some ideas?Thanks in advance!!
Matt