sir_honeytoast@yahoo
4/13/2007 1:55:24 PM
about two weeks ago my 98 cabrio started making a noise when i drove, and since then it's gotten more and more prevalent. it sounds like the wind or something except about 10 times louder and it comes from underneath the car and the floor vibrates. it's a manual transmission and for a few days it's been popping and bucking violently when i reverse but it's absolutely fine when i drive forward in any gear, except the noise. and then this morning it wouldn't move at all in reverse, it just made a loud squealing/hissing/hacking/crunching/nails-on-a-chalkboard noise and it was EXTREMELY unpleasant. i can't not back out of my driveway because we have trees, so i had to put it in neutral and push it out far enough for me to drive forward in order to get to school. i don't want to drive it anymore because it sucks and it's pretty dangerous to be unable to reverse, and i'm on vacation next week so i want to get it fixed as soon as possible. i talked to some people and they said it might be the clutch going or something because it's only reverse that gives me any trouble (again, except for the strange noise). if anybody could help me out it would be wonderful, i just want to know what's wrong with it and how much i should be expecting to spend to fix it, or if i need a new transmission altogether, which i really hope isn't the case.
2000cabby
4/16/2007 2:52:37 PM
I don't think it will be the clutch...if it was it would be slipping or hard to get in gear. It sounds like a main bearing or similar. If you could remove the tranny you can grab the main shaft to see if there is play. If you have to take it somewhere to get it fixed...I suggest buying a used, or rebuilt tranny and get it running again. Something else you could do is drain the oil and see if it contains a lot of metal shavings. If you lost a bearing or even teeth in your gears, you will see a lot of metal particles in your oil. Hope this helps.
