clicking/swishing noise this morning, apparently its the final drive?

derb · 22-09-2009, 09:26 AM

i went to go to work this morning and the car starts making a clicking/swishing noise from what sounds like the front left. so i pulled it up and had a look with the torch and couldn't see anything. i babied it back home and had a better look and still couldn't see anything obvious.

so i took it to the closest mechanic, which is ultratune in the valley, and they reckon it's my final drive. you can barely hear it when you're accelerating, perhaps a very small vibration or feeling through the stick that wasn't there yesterday. but when you get off the throttle it starts clicking/swishing quite loudly and you can feel the vibration a little more.

does this really sound like a final gear issue? i would have it was a wheel bearing or CV or something like that. the only part that correlates is the noise is coming from the left front area of the car.

and part 2 is, what do i need to bolt a G series box up to my non-SP astina? i've got a BPT conversion but it was bolted to the original F series gearbox. will i need half shafts and hubs? or will my running gear fit?

maztech · 22-09-2009, 05:20 PM

Um ultratune? need to drive it to know where it comes from
What does it do full lock both ways? As for series of gearbox i think the CVs are different sizes . Ryan would know all the ins and outs of this.

derb · 22-09-2009, 05:28 PM

ultratune is the cloest mechanic to me. i didn't want to drive it far without knowing what the noise was. seems alright lock to lock in the short drive i've had. i've sent you a PM too.

maztech · 22-09-2009, 05:32 PM

Sounds like the diff has had better days

project.r.racing · 22-09-2009, 06:13 PM

diff or wheel bearing

or the inside axle joint between the middle and right shaft. as they cause vibrations when in there way out. but then you wouldn't be getting left side noise then.

Mad Mat · 22-09-2009, 06:35 PM

with the g series u will need the box sharfts and hubs mate.. did u keen the hubs off ur half cut when u got the engine ?????

derb · 22-09-2009, 06:40 PM

project.r - are you saying it might not be the gearbox? that would be a relief.

mat - i've got a set of hubs/rotors/calipers from an SP that Nate wrecked.

Mad Mat · 22-09-2009, 06:42 PM

thats cool. u just need the sharfts and box... if u find a wreckers with a new cash guy u can get them cheap.

i got a set of sharfts about a year ago 4 50 bucks but they needed to be refurbed. there is a place in moss street that will do it from memory.

derb · 22-09-2009, 06:49 PM

i'm thinking of throwing the car at a trans place like Hart Transmissions. get a sort of upgrade/rebuild thing perhaps.

Rupewrecht · 22-09-2009, 07:13 PM

I'd say it's probably one of the spider gears in the diff.

maztech · 22-09-2009, 07:20 PM

The only way to tell is to drive it . Need to do full lock turns left and right to test wheel bearings and have a listen to it on a hoist to tell what is damaged.

derb · 24-09-2009, 02:22 PM

i've got an hour off work tomorrow morning to take the car out to Hart Transmissions and they will have a drive and then we'll work out a plan to move forward.

at the moment i'm driving around doing left foot braking and weird heel-toeing to try and keep the evil noise at bay. as long as i've got like 1% accelerator on it's quiet, but i end up speeding everywhere lol.

project.r.racing · 24-09-2009, 07:39 PM

i have a f series from a 1994 bg astina if you require another.

derb · 24-09-2009, 08:22 PM

would rather put a G in but thanks, i may call you.

22-09-2009, 09:26 AM	#1
derb Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: 1993 BG Astina GT-X Posts: 1,822 View Photos By: derb	clicking/swishing noise this morning, apparently its the final drive? i went to go to work this morning and the car starts making a clicking/swishing noise from what sounds like the front left. so i pulled it up and had a look with the torch and couldn't see anything. i babied it back home and had a better look and still couldn't see anything obvious. so i took it to the closest mechanic, which is ultratune in the valley, and they reckon it's my final drive. you can barely hear it when you're accelerating, perhaps a very small vibration or feeling through the stick that wasn't there yesterday. but when you get off the throttle it starts clicking/swishing quite loudly and you can feel the vibration a little more. does this really sound like a final gear issue? i would have it was a wheel bearing or CV or something like that. the only part that correlates is the noise is coming from the left front area of the car. and part 2 is, what do i need to bolt a G series box up to my non-SP astina? i've got a BPT conversion but it was bolted to the original F series gearbox. will i need half shafts and hubs? or will my running gear fit? Last edited by derb; 22-09-2009 at 09:29 AM.

22-09-2009, 06:13 PM	#5
project.r.racing Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: n/a Car: n/a Posts: 10,929	diff or wheel bearing or the inside axle joint between the middle and right shaft. as they cause vibrations when in there way out. but then you wouldn't be getting left side noise then. Last edited by project.r.racing; 22-09-2009 at 06:17 PM.

22-09-2009, 06:35 PM	#6
Mad Mat HONEYWELL REPRESENT Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salisbury - Inner City Car: 1997 BA Hardtop - Had a 2003 BJii J48 Sport20, and 2x bg SOHC astina hatches Posts: 5,011 View Photos By: Mad Mat	with the g series u will need the box sharfts and hubs mate.. did u keen the hubs off ur half cut when u got the engine ????? __________________ PROJECT "Catalina" 1994 323 BG Hatch 2005-2007 Crashed into truck 1991 323 BG Hatch 2007-2008/9 SOLD 2003 BJ SP20 J48 Hatch 2008-2011 Regretfully SOLD 1997 BA I4 Sedan 2012-CURRENT 1985 BF 323 Hatch 2014-2015SOLD 1989 MX5 2015-2015

22-09-2009, 06:42 PM	#8
Mad Mat HONEYWELL REPRESENT Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Salisbury - Inner City Car: 1997 BA Hardtop - Had a 2003 BJii J48 Sport20, and 2x bg SOHC astina hatches Posts: 5,011 View Photos By: Mad Mat	thats cool. u just need the sharfts and box... if u find a wreckers with a new cash guy u can get them cheap. i got a set of sharfts about a year ago 4 50 bucks but they needed to be refurbed. there is a place in moss street that will do it from memory. __________________ PROJECT "Catalina" 1994 323 BG Hatch 2005-2007 Crashed into truck 1991 323 BG Hatch 2007-2008/9 SOLD 2003 BJ SP20 J48 Hatch 2008-2011 Regretfully SOLD 1997 BA I4 Sedan 2012-CURRENT 1985 BF 323 Hatch 2014-2015SOLD 1989 MX5 2015-2015

22-09-2009, 07:13 PM	#10
Rupewrecht Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: melb.vic.au Car: AZ-1, Astina Hardtop Turbo, BJ Protege, Beetle Posts: 16,525 View Photos By: Rupewrecht	I'd say it's probably one of the spider gears in the diff. __________________ jdmparts.rupewrecht.com Sourcing your not-quite-overnight parts from Japan WRECHT--\|--SLOWTEGE--\|--BEETLE--\|--SUBSTITUTE--\|--AZ-1

22-09-2009, 05:20 PM	#2
maztech Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: QLD Car: ...... Posts: 952	Um ultratune? need to drive it to know where it comes from What does it do full lock both ways? As for series of gearbox i think the CVs are different sizes . Ryan would know all the ins and outs of this.

22-09-2009, 05:28 PM	#3
derb Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: 1993 BG Astina GT-X Posts: 1,822 View Photos By: derb	ultratune is the cloest mechanic to me. i didn't want to drive it far without knowing what the noise was. seems alright lock to lock in the short drive i've had. i've sent you a PM too.

22-09-2009, 05:32 PM	#4
maztech Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: QLD Car: ...... Posts: 952	Sounds like the diff has had better days

22-09-2009, 06:40 PM	#7
derb Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: 1993 BG Astina GT-X Posts: 1,822 View Photos By: derb	project.r - are you saying it might not be the gearbox? that would be a relief. mat - i've got a set of hubs/rotors/calipers from an SP that Nate wrecked.

22-09-2009, 06:49 PM	#9
derb Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: 1993 BG Astina GT-X Posts: 1,822 View Photos By: derb	i'm thinking of throwing the car at a trans place like Hart Transmissions. get a sort of upgrade/rebuild thing perhaps.

22-09-2009, 07:20 PM	#11
maztech Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: QLD Car: ...... Posts: 952	The only way to tell is to drive it . Need to do full lock turns left and right to test wheel bearings and have a listen to it on a hoist to tell what is damaged.

24-09-2009, 02:22 PM	#12
derb Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: 1993 BG Astina GT-X Posts: 1,822 View Photos By: derb	i've got an hour off work tomorrow morning to take the car out to Hart Transmissions and they will have a drive and then we'll work out a plan to move forward. at the moment i'm driving around doing left foot braking and weird heel-toeing to try and keep the evil noise at bay. as long as i've got like 1% accelerator on it's quiet, but i end up speeding everywhere lol.

24-09-2009, 07:39 PM	#13
project.r.racing Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: n/a Car: n/a Posts: 10,929	i have a f series from a 1994 bg astina if you require another.

24-09-2009, 08:22 PM	#14
derb Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brisbane Car: 1993 BG Astina GT-X Posts: 1,822 View Photos By: derb	would rather put a G in but thanks, i may call you.

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