Guest Steam Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Right, Well I finally got a supra, It's great and I love it to bits. However I have one or two niggles that I can't quite put my finger on. First being that when changing up gear, about a second or two after shifting there is a loud metalic clunk from the rear of the car. Now I suppose this could be to do with gearbox oil. Secondly I am noticing a hell of a lot of road noise from the rear of the car, it sounds unlike any ive heard before, like a low pulsing that gets faster with speed, but at lower speeds is inaudible. Now if the two are related i'm assuming this would be a propshaft problem? The car is still under warrenty from the import garage, but I just wanted an opinion on whether or not I was being paranoid or not. p.s if you like i can record a sound clip of what im talking about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 hi mate, welcome on board... you may want to post some specs of the car up to give the techie's a bit more of an idea of what they are dealing with..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steam Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Well It recently had a new clutch, it's pretty much standard though, with just a cat back exhaust and alloy wheels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hiten55 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 i meant model, na? tt? uk? jap? year etc... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steam Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Ohhh i get ya, It's a 94 RZ tt. Done just shy of 64k if it helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nic Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Could be a few things, diff, wheel bearing, brakes, tyres, etc. Think you need to get it test driven by a specialist to diagnose, noises and vibrations are always very difficult to describe/identify over the forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steam Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Does anyone know of any specialists in the yorkshire area, or someone who is knowledgable about such things? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steam Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Would anybody be able to recommend someone who would be able to drive and assess what the problem is. I think It might be me being paranoid, but the car seems very very sensitive to wind, and also any slight groove in the road is followed by the car, it seems almost over sensitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JODY T Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Are you sure its a road noise not a rotational noise? It could be the gearbox? Ive heard plenty of worn 6 speed boxes that clunk after a gear is engaged, When its taking up the slack... You could check for play in the diff too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 You have an absolutely classic, text book example of wheel bearing failure and associated hub to outer C/V joint spline wear. the rumble is the bearing, the clunk the take up in the worn hub splines. You need to change the driveshaft and the hub flange, and the hub bearing, on that side. If you take out the cotter pin on the hub flange nut you will find the nut has lost its high stock torque, if you *remove* the nut you will see the tell tale signs of rust dust in the dish of the hub flange, behind the nut. You culod risk secondhand parts, but new will be a LOT safer. Check the torque on the driveshaft to hub nut on the *other* side as well. I see loads of these failures nowadays. None stock offset wheels don't help, nor do drag starts and general driving that wouldn't have been the norm when the car was a near 50K new car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Steam Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Well considering I've only had the car for a week, Im assuming this would be covered. Is there anyone that could check and confim the problem for me before i ring the garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Wilson Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 If it's under a warranty just let them fix it, interfering just winds garages up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bignum Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Ive just replaced mine, i could pull the inner bearing race off the actual hub with bare hands it was that bad, also the grease looked like grinding paste, not good, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprafan72 Posted August 13, 2007 Share Posted August 13, 2007 Ive just replaced mine, i could pull the inner bearing race off the actual hub with bare hands it was that bad, also the grease looked like grinding paste, not good, Just off topic!! Where in west midlands are you? Im in Shirley... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Just off topic!! Where in west midlands are you? Im in Shirley... Not aimed at me, but Solihull here bud and have never seen you around. I often pop into Shirley too. You may of heard about a recent Motorbike accident down the main town centre which was the last visit I made there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprafan72 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Not aimed at me, but Solihull here bud and have never seen you around. I often pop into Shirley too. You may of heard about a recent Motorbike accident down the main town centre which was the last visit I made there. Hello Mate yes i did im normally arround more at weekend than in the week.. work near the fire station in sollihull... we'll have to meet up sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheefa Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Indeed bud. It would be good to hook up for a beer sometime, a chat, and perhaps.............a cheeky ride in your Supe as I'm now without Do you know what happened to the guy or have you heard any news about it? I reported it to the police as I was a witness of course. It was one of the scariest things I've ever seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suprafan72 Posted August 14, 2007 Share Posted August 14, 2007 Indeed bud. It would be good to hook up for a beer sometime, a chat, and perhaps.............a cheeky ride in your Supe as I'm now without Do you know what happened to the guy or have you heard any news about it? I reported it to the police as I was a witness of course. It was one of the scariest things I've ever seen. To be honest im not sure mate... i heard about it.. you will have to tell what u saw.. i can imagine it was scarey especially for Shirley..... Catch up with you soon bud. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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