noise

[Mark Barber]

nick that nopise i heard when i came over is defo a gear/bearing noise so if youve changed the diff i reckon its in the box ansd travelling down the prop to the rear is too much of a coincidence to only be in 3rd and 4th mate i have got a good box you can borrow if you collect

[ESCORT2483]

nick that nopise i heard when i came over is defo a gear/bearing noise so if youve changed the diff i reckon its in the box ansd travelling down the prop to the rear is too much of a coincidence to only be in 3rd and 4th mate i have got a good box you can borrow if you collect

i agree its in the drive -train somewhere , but cant see its the box ,, too many cars seem to have the same problem , and nicks car has only done 24,000 . i tried loads of differant types of synthetic oil in my box and transfer case , but nothing made any difference what so ever....

YOU HAVE ANOTHER ALTERNATIVE.... PUT YOUR SEX PISTOLS CD IN AND TURN THE VOLUME UP ... HEE HEE

[The Radman]

thanks for the offer mark but im still not convinced and theres no way im swapping boxes just to find out it makes no difference then have to refit it all back yet again
the cars only done 25k so i cant see it being the box,its quiet as anything during normal driving or acceleration

[Mark Barber]

Bring it to me and leave it with me i will find it

[The Radman]

thats what i am saying nick .. the uj should move smoothly in all directions . it SHOULD NOT click into place . inside there are needle roller bearings , and they have a habit of wearing or breaking up

had a look today but the ujs are staked in place [no circlips] so i couldnt renew them if i wanted anyway has anyone got a rear prop off the car as when you turn my ujs you can feel a sort of notch but only in the straight ahead positions,when you turn them up/down/side to side etc they fell fine but when you return to the straight position you can feel them positively notch into position,are they all like that?

[ESCORT2483]

had a look today but the ujs are staked in place [no circlips] so i couldnt renew them if i wanted anyway has anyone got a rear prop off the car as when you turn my ujs you can feel a sort of notch but only in the straight ahead positions,when you turn them up/down/side to side etc they fell fine but when you return to the straight position you can feel them positively notch into position,are they all like that?

yeah , i know they are staked .. reco -prop do a replacement service as would most prop repairers . they put joints back in with grease nipples . while its there best get it balanced too .

[ESCORT2483]

had a look today but the ujs are staked in place [no circlips] so i couldnt renew them if i wanted anyway has anyone got a rear prop off the car as when you turn my ujs you can feel a sort of notch but only in the straight ahead positions,when you turn them up/down/side to side etc they fell fine but when you return to the straight position you can feel them positively notch into position,are they all like that?

there should be no notch or click into place where-ever position the uj is in . it should move smoothly in all directions .. that was next thing to do on my list , but i had to sell up first

[The Radman]

im still not convinced its that though,i could understand if it felt notchy elsewhere but why only when its all perfectly lined up?? cant beleive nobody else has one off the car to try and let me know

[RSyoyo]

My escort start to have the same noise ….
vibration noise only in 4th with trhottle off .
any news about this noise ?

[garet]

My escort start to have the same noise ….
vibration noise only in 4th with trhottle off .
any news about this noise ?

Front or rear of the car?

[RSyoyo]

Front or underside
not rear

[garet]

If you have 3 inch down pipe it could be touching anti roll bar or gearbox prop shaft

[RSyoyo]

Hi, I just looked under the car. The exhaust is centered, so the noise isn't coming from there. I don't see anything obvious under the car. I'm going to change oïl gearbox and transfer box .