My 92 4x4 Automatic made some odd noises at speed, as well...It was the
input shaft bearings in the transfer case...the sound emanated up through
the transfer case lever....If I moved the lever a little, the noise would
stop...
I STILL have a low pitched whine that I hope to get rid of before my
extended warranty dies....
At 08:14 AM 7/2/97 -0400, you wrote:
>I have a '96 V8 5 speed 4x4 3.55 sure grip club cab with continuing
>transmission (drivetrain) problems. Currently I have 32,000 miles on the
>truck and need to either resolve these problems before the warrantee expires
>or sell the truck. I would rather fix the problem since overall I am quite
>happy with the truck.
>
>The dealer has been unable to repair the problem after several attempts, and
>several weeks in the shop. The most recent attempt was last week where they
>replaced the transmission for the second time. I received the truck back with
>the same noises that they diagnosed wrong the first time. The dealer said
>that the input shaft on the new transmission was noisy and should break in for
>a few hundred miles and will decrease. This sounds ludicrous to me since the
>same noises are not heard on a new truck. I have driven it about 300 miles
>with no decrease in the "input shaft noise".
>
>The noises include a clutch chatter (or whirring noise) in between shifts, a
>bearing noise in neutral which decreases in intensity when the clutch is
>depressed, and (this is a hard one to describe) a loud drivetrain noise at
>highway speeds that seems to emanate from the transmission/clutch area.
>
>The repair history is:
>
>8,000 - replaced input shaft and throw-out bearings and other internal
>components.
>20,000 - miles replaced transmission with factory new one
>31,500 - miles replaced transmission with factory new one
>
>Anyone have any ideas? I suspect that the transmission failure is a symptom
>of another problem that the dealer is unwilling or unable to diagnose. Anyone
>have a similar problem?
>
>Moise Solomon
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