Re: Leaking Trans on my RT!!!!!

From: William Blount Arthur (m990198@nadn.navy.mil)
Date: Fri Oct 09 1998 - 02:02:06 EDT


Yeh, he is right. I just helped a friend replace a rear seal that was
worn out because of a bad drive shaft. We replaced it with a new
driveshaft (aluminum this time) and it felt like a new car.

Bill
'97 SS/T

>
>
> Sounds to me as if your driveshaft might be out of whack, and its
> grinding and rotating around, and messin' up your tranny? Its possible
> that they're a cooincidence, but I'd say the probabiliy of them being
> related is pretty good.
>
> I would take it into the dealer and just tell 'em it vibrates at
> higher speeds. If it is making a humm at higher speeds, its probably
> vibrating at lower speeds too, you just can't hear it. You could
> just say you took it up to 90 to see if the humming was speed
> related, and it was...
>
> As far as I know, the dealer shouldn't have any problems with
> high speeds, they just don't like racing. (I could be wrong,
> feel free to jump in here if I am!) Its always good to give
> the dealer as much info about the problem as possible; it'll
> help to prevent a mis-diagnosis and will get the problem fixed
> the first time...
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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