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| | | | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 | Yeeessss! It's gone! All I hear now is the valve's 'pikpikpikpik', the exhaust's 'burburburbur' and the suspensions's 'Gboom-gboom'. Place your bet now on WHAT was the source of that annoying noise, the MOTHER of all noises! Go to the original thread for reference: The \'Wik-wik-wik\' thread... Hints, you say? Okay: Repair costs: 8,95$CDN + tax. Repair time: 15 minutes. Whizzerick's satisfaction: priceless rick | | | | | Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 687 | Whiz: YOu ain't nice!! One of your whizzer bicycles hooked on to Drive shaft  popcorn The Truth is Out There (You been listening to those little motors way to long) | | | | | Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 504 Member | | Member Joined: Jul 2000 Posts: 504 | Whizzer, You had a great response to your request for help with your noise. Now you are going to make a game out of giving us the answer ?
I am going to " place a bet " that you may not get so much help the next time..
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| | | | | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 | 53 4 me, PLEASE tell me you are kidding????? :confused: | | | | | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 | It was the speedometer drive gear running free making that noise. I installed a new cable core.
There, no games. Will that BUY me some future help??? | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,841 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,841 | Hmmm,
If it was the drivegear then why would replacing the cable stop the noise ?
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2002 Posts: 358 | Cmayna, That's what threw me off:
- I already knew that the cable was broken (speedo was not working).
- I retreived the remnants of the cable (an inch or so of exploded wire sticking from the trans).
- There was NOTHING connected to the speedo drive at the trans, but...
It seems that with no cable to help 'center' the rotation, the drive was turning with a slight offset, grinding against the drive outlet in the transmission...
So this morning, bummed out about that awful noise, I decided to at least install a new cable core. I was VERY pleased with the outcome...
whizzerick | | | | | Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 4,066 | Glad that you got it fixed and a simple one at that.....take care.....Fred
Redryder pixMy HotrodA veteran - whether active duty, retired, national guard, or reserve - is someone who, at one point in his or her life, wrote a blank check made payable to The 'United States of America', for an amount of "up to and including my life."I am fighting cancer and I am winning the fight | Pain is part of life; misery is an option. | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,841 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 2,841 | Rick,
My truck raises it hood to your truck as a sign of "way to go baby" or "bouya grandma". Isn't it great to finally resolve an issue that bugs the heck out of ya?
Craig My '50 Chevy 3100 5 window, '62-235cu, 3:55 rear My truck ....... Respect The Rust If I'm not working on my truck, '65 m00stang or VW camper, I'm fishing with the wife or smoking Salmon.
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 Member | | Member Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 1,745 | Ha, I remember someone laying odds it was the speedo cable... 
54 3100 with 235
62 flatbed dump C60 with 261
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