time to play GUESS THAT SOUND

bluesteel · Post by **bluesteel** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 3:19 pm

http://soob.johnnysmultimedia.com/schtuff/soobbad.mp3

EJ22
L series Dual range Box
Adaptor plate and flywheel from steve rising sun
new l series clutch

all in an MY wagon

i have run the car on and off for about half an hour before this noise started happening

the noise stopped when you put your foot on the clutch, but now it just gets quieter

i have pulled the engine back out and there were no obvious signs of the flywheel hitting on anything, tho i didnt pull the flywheel off the engine

i have pulled the starter motor out while the engine was running and the noise is still there

i am currenbtly out of ideas so open to all suggestions

cheers
bluesteel

Suba · Post by **Suba** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 8:27 pm

I have no sound card on this comp so I cant listen to the noise , what I can say is that it sounds like from your discription a noisy thrust bearing in the clutch , mine actually did the same thing when I did my conversion .
I never did anything about it and it got to a point after baout 20,000k's that I couldnt hear it any more

, never caused any problems.

Mike.

SuBaRiNo · Post by **SuBaRiNo** » Thu Mar 02, 2006 9:55 pm

Dude that sounds nasty... I would cry if mine did that. Doesn't sound like the thrust bearing..... does sound a LOT like something it hitting something that it's not spose to.

Dave

bluesteel · Post by **bluesteel** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:09 am

indeed

oh and yes there is enough oil in the gearbox and engine

PeeJay · Post by **PeeJay** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:33 am

Sounds to me like the flywheel bolts have come loose and are rubbing on the clutch. I know that sound well

bluesteel · Post by **bluesteel** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 10:51 am

okay.. ill pull the engine out again tonight and check...
ta

AndrewT · Post by **AndrewT** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:08 am

The description makes me think thrust bearing.....but the MP3 has convinced me its something in the gearbox.

BRUMBERTY · Post by **BRUMBERTY** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 11:15 am

Sounds to me like its in the front of the gearbox/ bellhousing area.
The knocking is hollow sounding, fingers crossed for you that its the flywheel or clutch.

Drain the oil and see if it has any metal in it, see if it is alloy or steel.
I bet its alloy from a rubbing part on the casing.

It may not even be in the oil galleries....hoping.

bluesteel · Post by **bluesteel** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:26 pm

pulled the engine out...

peejay hit it in one

YAY for peejay

it seems to have fixed the noise, i just cant picture in my head how the loose flywheel was making those noises
the flywheel wasnt rubbing on anything (no marks anywhere) and anything the blts could have hit was all connected and turning at the same speed when the clutch is engaged (which was when the noise was worst)
unless it was just the movent of the flywheel on the bolts making the noise

i dunno

just glad its better

thanks for the tip off peejay

and im gettin pretty good at this now.. abuot 3 hours to pull it all apart and back together

cheers again

PeeJay · Post by **PeeJay** » Fri Mar 03, 2006 8:34 pm

Yeah, that happened to me after my EJ conversion. I thought I had just blown $2k on a dud! Dunno how it happened, but the bolts are nice and tight now

Kev · Post by **Kev** » Sat Mar 04, 2006 4:08 pm

Is this a common problem?

It might make a good case for using loctite on flywheel bolts?

Kev