Car has been feeling a bit rough through the pedals when at speeds above 50mph, also I can feel 'grinding/roughness' when slowing down for junctions/roundabouts etc, but there is no 'whining' in 5th, all gears select fine etc.
So I jacked the '89 up and put it on axle stands, front wheels and brake calipers off. If the brake discs are rotated by hand everything appears smooth. There is the usual slack in the diff as the gears mesh, the brake discs rotate in opposite ways as they should, wheel bearings, CV joints and inner drivers appear to be fine.
Start the engine and then put it into gear and I can hear 'noises' from the front. 'Noises' are not there when not in gear. Sounds like something rotating and occasionally clunking into something else. Definitely there in 5th, 4th and 3rd.
If I skooch under the car and put one end of a big screwdriver against the gearbox and the handle against my ear I can't hear any specific area that the noises are coming from. I can hear different things whirring in different places though.
The right hand brake disc rotates freely and the left hand one barely moves around, as though something is holding it back and then letting it move again, like if brake pads were dragging on the disc (which they aren't 'cos they are off the car..). If I stop the right hand disc moving the left hand one increases in rotational speed (which one would expect), but the right hand disc now bucks a bit in my hands, like something inside the 'box is dragging and then not dragging.
Is this supposed to happen and if not, what could be causing it?
Cheers,
Fraser
So I jacked the '89 up and put it on axle stands, front wheels and brake calipers off. If the brake discs are rotated by hand everything appears smooth. There is the usual slack in the diff as the gears mesh, the brake discs rotate in opposite ways as they should, wheel bearings, CV joints and inner drivers appear to be fine.
Start the engine and then put it into gear and I can hear 'noises' from the front. 'Noises' are not there when not in gear. Sounds like something rotating and occasionally clunking into something else. Definitely there in 5th, 4th and 3rd.
If I skooch under the car and put one end of a big screwdriver against the gearbox and the handle against my ear I can't hear any specific area that the noises are coming from. I can hear different things whirring in different places though.
The right hand brake disc rotates freely and the left hand one barely moves around, as though something is holding it back and then letting it move again, like if brake pads were dragging on the disc (which they aren't 'cos they are off the car..). If I stop the right hand disc moving the left hand one increases in rotational speed (which one would expect), but the right hand disc now bucks a bit in my hands, like something inside the 'box is dragging and then not dragging.
Is this supposed to happen and if not, what could be causing it?
Cheers,
Fraser