Date:         Tue, 7 Oct 2008 10:33:24 -0700
Reply-To:     neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      "Clucking" noise from Tranny?
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Hi all.

This is for a stock air cooled tranny likely with high KM's (nothing
in PO's receipts about it). Maybe 350K + KM"s? I have to take time
putting it in reverse, (I may need to bleed clutch) but otherwise
tranny drives fine.

With a quieter engine, I now hear a noise coming from the tranny.
Likely a noise that's been happening for a while.

When I gear down to 2nd at slower speeds, I hear a soft "cluck cluck
cluck" etc. Not a hard noise but a soft "clucking". Pretty sure it
happens in all forward gears and is relative to engine RPM's.

New CV's and rebuilt clutch housing have less than 20K KM's on them.
Clutch/pilot/flywheel are new.

Any thoughts as to what this sound is from? (i.e. what to anticipate
failing in tranny)

Thanks for any insights,

Neil.

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