Hey all Driving home just now (thankfully 2 minutes from home) I traveled over some gravel roads where the council is putting in a round about. As usual, there was smooth tracks either side of the road, and a build up of blue stone in the middle. At one point my car made contact with the center. Almost immediately it sounded as if something was dragging on the road. I pulled over to check in a handy drive way and saw that nothing was loose so I continued on. Sound came back as soon as the car was moving. Sounds very much like metal on metal grinding, or stone on metal... at higher speeds ( > 40km-h) the sound turns into a harsh whine, at lower speeds it slows to a tick tick tick and then into an excruciating scrape as the car pulls to a stop. Car makes no noise when stationary with engine started, clutch in or out. Car makes grinding noise when pushed/driven forward or backwards. So Ive obviously got something stuck... in a part that rotates... Given that the engine makes no noise, nor gearbox... Most likely culprit would be... the Driveshaft? Any ideas where it could be stuck...? Its dark and raining so.. not jacking it up tonight... Cheers all Andy PS: If it has come from gravel etc, due to roadworks... do I have any options at recovering costs (if any) with the council?
Sorry, should have said in the previous post... 1) How do i get the driveshaft out 2) If not possible in a driveway situation.... is it ok to drive to a workshop (loud grinding embarrassing noise aside...) Cheers Andy
Jack the car up and go for a lookeesee. You shouldn't have to remove anything. It's sort of underneath the exhaust.
Yeah, First job will be to jack the car up and rotate each wheel independantly to make sure its not that... Ive had that happen to me as well. After that.. well it looks like Im attacking the drive shaft. Joys. Might as well put some HID's in while im at it hey?
my guess is near where your axles bolt up to the diff, a stone might have jumped between the cogs, hit the shield and got jammed in there.
You should be able to see the rock bright and clear with some HID's underneath the car. (but not much else)
Sorted. There was about a kilo of blue stone gravel stuck between the drive shaft and the shield that sits between it and the exhaust. Just had to take the front 4 nuts off, bend down the shield and scrape it all out. Although now I have a nice round gouge out of the shaft. Nothing too deep so hope it doesnt make a diff. HIDs can wait.. its pissing down
Two possible outcomes from what you describe is, A: Tailshaft may be out of balance as a result, and could cause vibration, B: Tailshaft could split apart(depending on the depth of the groove, and how much it has been weakened).
Never mind Sean, nature has been kind enough to compensate in your particular case, by providing you with the light-weight, undersized, economy model(which will less effected, due to the absence of rotating mass).:zlove:
