Well, I didn't post yesterday because I had some issues with the install that I wanted to clear up first. When I got the car after the clutch install, I noticed that it had the same high pitched rhythmic squeeling as it has had in the past (that I thought was the TOB). Knowing that the TOB had just been replaced and couldn't POSSIBLY be bad so soon, I decided to drive it home, readjust the clutch with the FW adjuster (they had it set too low for my liking), and see if it was still there. Got home, readjusted, still there. To give you an idea of what it sounds like, if you've ever had an idler pulley go bad, it makes almost the exact same sound. Not extremely loud, but loud enough to be annoying. The only reason I know it's not an idler pulley is because it goes away when I depress the clutch pedal (disengage the clutch).
Anyhow, so I go back in this morning to have him look at it. He hears it and immmediatly said "That's the tranny". Now at first, I am suspicious, as I had always though it was the TOB, and I'm thinking he's just trying to get out of doing more work. Now, honestly, I don't know a ton about trannies, but either this guy is a world class bullshitter, or he gave me an honest answer, because I felt very comfortable about it not being the TOB after our conversation. In any event, what he said was that it was caused by one of four bearings in the tranny, and the reason he knew this is because it goes away when the clutch is engaged. He said that the TOB normally makes noise when the clutch is depressed, not the other way around, and that it's REALLY LOUD. Which rings true, as the noise he described (a really loud squeel) is exactly the noise I got at 5+K RPM while in boost this last time, and I had 4 techs tell me that was the TOB. Anyway, he said it's stopping when the clutch is depressed because the synchros are stopping the shafts then. He said it was one of four possible bearings in the tranny: The pocket bearing, the big bearing up front (called it the clutch shaft bearing, I think), or two bearings connected to some internal shaft (sorry, can't remember which one). He said that the noise actually wasn't unnusual, that a lot of tremec trannies make this noise and work just fine. He said he wouldn't worry about it for now, but if it gets worse or starts to have a rhythmic "thud" in it (kind of a "wabba-wabba-wabba" sound), take it in for work.
I'm just curious guys, do you think he's right, or feeding me a line? Thanks.
Anyhow, so I go back in this morning to have him look at it. He hears it and immmediatly said "That's the tranny". Now at first, I am suspicious, as I had always though it was the TOB, and I'm thinking he's just trying to get out of doing more work. Now, honestly, I don't know a ton about trannies, but either this guy is a world class bullshitter, or he gave me an honest answer, because I felt very comfortable about it not being the TOB after our conversation. In any event, what he said was that it was caused by one of four bearings in the tranny, and the reason he knew this is because it goes away when the clutch is engaged. He said that the TOB normally makes noise when the clutch is depressed, not the other way around, and that it's REALLY LOUD. Which rings true, as the noise he described (a really loud squeel) is exactly the noise I got at 5+K RPM while in boost this last time, and I had 4 techs tell me that was the TOB. Anyway, he said it's stopping when the clutch is depressed because the synchros are stopping the shafts then. He said it was one of four possible bearings in the tranny: The pocket bearing, the big bearing up front (called it the clutch shaft bearing, I think), or two bearings connected to some internal shaft (sorry, can't remember which one). He said that the noise actually wasn't unnusual, that a lot of tremec trannies make this noise and work just fine. He said he wouldn't worry about it for now, but if it gets worse or starts to have a rhythmic "thud" in it (kind of a "wabba-wabba-wabba" sound), take it in for work.
I'm just curious guys, do you think he's right, or feeding me a line? Thanks.
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Gotta love that warranty), but the old TOB was shot. The shop I took it to was Dave Brown motorsports in Charlotte (they do mostly race cars).
