kootenaypathy Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 (edited) hi forum members. I am experiencing a vibration/ growl in higher rpms in 3rd gear. (i believe it is 3rd as 4th is overdrive. correct?) when i do not use the overdrive it is quite noticeable or if it downshifts out overdrive. with overdrive on it shifts into quite a smooth travel. otherwise, shifting through gears seems quite smooth pathy also has a growl upon startup in park i just bought this, rather mint 1995 pathy out of vancouver with 200,000 kms. immediately i took it in and had the stock cooler bypassed and transmission pan dropped for a servicing, was told all was quite normal, no indication of burnt fluid, "normal" particulate on magnet. past owner had this vehicle regularly serviced. any suggestions where to go from here? Edited November 4, 2018 by kootenaypathy adding info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cuong Nguyen Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Is it just gear versus rpm dependent? RPM dependent would probably translate to a possibly worn U-joint in the driveshaft. Is it possibly to get a video or sound clip of the growl? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kootenaypathy Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 thanks for the reply Cuong, I think i will mount my camera on the underside with the mic on and do that. will upload. also, will physically check out the u joints. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted November 6, 2018 Share Posted November 6, 2018 I doubt the U-joints are making much noise in park, unless it's a separate issue. Fourth is overdrive, yes. If the noise is gear-dependent I'd assume it's internal to the tranny, though I don't know its workings well enough to guess at what would only make noise in third and park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kootenaypathy Posted November 7, 2018 Author Share Posted November 7, 2018 found 2 broken muffler hangers, some rubbing on the crossember, fixing tomorrow, hopefully that is the issue. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kootenaypathy Posted November 12, 2018 Author Share Posted November 12, 2018 noise gone. smile 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slartibartfast Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Nice! I had a weird noise from underneath mine turn out to be a loose hanger as well. I was sure it was trans related because it seemed to get worse when I was getting on it, sometimes on shifts... nope, just the exhaust flexing as the engine rocked or vibrations or something. Nice cheap fix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adamzan Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 Mine did the same. It always seems to be the muffler hangers too. Then the cat just touches the crossmember enough to be an issue. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onespiritbrain Posted November 12, 2018 Share Posted November 12, 2018 I too have been scared half to death by noise from the exhaust. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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