Driveline noise while in gear decelerating

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07-25-2010, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by southernmx5

Make sure the wiring along the PPF is ziptied. The wiring was causing loud rattles on my 1.6. There is even a TSB about it: http://www.miata.net/garage/tsb/sb011_98.html

Not the same kind of rattles, in my case anyway.

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Originally Posted by MartinezA92

Hmm, I've realized my gear rattle comes back too, but not in a few hours, more like a few days. Mine is also really bad in 4th, not as bad in other gears.

Hmm, this sucks. I also noticed I had a lot of output shaft play. Oh well, new trans.

07-25-2010, 09:24 PM

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Hmm, this sucks. I also noticed I had a lot of output shaft play. Oh well, new trans.

Here is what sucks. I had this exact problem before, and I swapped transmissions because of a different issue. Everything was identical, even the excessive loudness in 4th gear. Noise was still there. Upgraded to a Torsen...noise was COMPLETELY gone. Really hope my diff isn't ready to blow already.