Torque Tube troubles
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Torque Tube troubles
Hi everyone. I posted a thread with a video a few weeks ago about a grinding noise coming from somewhere inbetween the crank and the trans....
Well after dropping down the transmission (PITA), and pulling off the clutch assembly and slave cylinder i realized that the problem was not in the front. So I then removed the torque tube from the transmission and low and behold I saw what was causing the problem. All the splines in the female splined flange that sits in the rear bearing assembly that mates with the spline off of the transmission were ground to dust. The rubber couplers are cracked too. The transmission spline seems alright. I don't have a clue why this happened?
I thought that it would be easy to find a new splined flange online, but i cannot, and the dealer said that part is not a "serviceable" part, so they don't have a number or anything. Does anyone know where i can get a new or used flange from?
i will post some pics once i find out how to.
thanx
Well after dropping down the transmission (PITA), and pulling off the clutch assembly and slave cylinder i realized that the problem was not in the front. So I then removed the torque tube from the transmission and low and behold I saw what was causing the problem. All the splines in the female splined flange that sits in the rear bearing assembly that mates with the spline off of the transmission were ground to dust. The rubber couplers are cracked too. The transmission spline seems alright. I don't have a clue why this happened?
I thought that it would be easy to find a new splined flange online, but i cannot, and the dealer said that part is not a "serviceable" part, so they don't have a number or anything. Does anyone know where i can get a new or used flange from?
i will post some pics once i find out how to.
thanx
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Hi everyone. I posted a thread with a video a few weeks ago about a grinding noise coming from somewhere inbetween the crank and the trans....
Well after dropping down the transmission (PITA), and pulling off the clutch assembly and slave cylinder i realized that the problem was not in the front. So I then removed the torque tube from the transmission and low and behold I saw what was causing the problem. All the splines in the female splined flange that sits in the rear bearing assembly that mates with the spline off of the transmission were ground to dust. The rubber couplers are cracked too. The transmission spline seems alright. I don't have a clue why this happened?
I thought that it would be easy to find a new splined flange online, but i cannot, and the dealer said that part is not a "serviceable" part, so they don't have a number or anything. Does anyone know where i can get a new or used flange from?
i will post some pics once i find out how to.
thanx
Well after dropping down the transmission (PITA), and pulling off the clutch assembly and slave cylinder i realized that the problem was not in the front. So I then removed the torque tube from the transmission and low and behold I saw what was causing the problem. All the splines in the female splined flange that sits in the rear bearing assembly that mates with the spline off of the transmission were ground to dust. The rubber couplers are cracked too. The transmission spline seems alright. I don't have a clue why this happened?
I thought that it would be easy to find a new splined flange online, but i cannot, and the dealer said that part is not a "serviceable" part, so they don't have a number or anything. Does anyone know where i can get a new or used flange from?
i will post some pics once i find out how to.
thanx
Thanks Bret! I like your title!!!!
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You might want to check out this thread on a similar issue with a '98.
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St. Jude Donor '09-'10-'11
As far as the coupler, age is the biggest factor. 12-13 years can take their toll on any rubber component. Why the spline went bad is anyone's guess. Fretting is the most likely in my opinion. Where in the US has the car spent most of its days?
Last edited by Eric D; Dec 3, 2011 at 12:37 PM.
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If you have eve taken the trans off the tube before you can see that most of them have a rusty powder on the splines from fretting. I always clean up the splines and might add a light grease coating.
