when i corner under low or almost no power i hear this weird clicking noise coming from what seems like the left rear?is it the brakes or something worse?

 

Im with ya i got the same thing. It almost seems like a bad shock or something to me though....

 

irritating,ain't it?

 

ya it is. Course, fbods are so bloody noisy, you can hear every little thing. Thats one of the only things that bugs me about my car....

 

soon as i get my sfc's in that should clear a lot of it up,so i hear.

 

Let me guess, you've got an A4 tranny and you get the noise mostly when making a low speed left turn?


If so, it's just the Torsen diff floating. According to GM it's normal. Not believing them, I called Torsen and spoke with one of their engineers. He said that it's "normal" in the fact that it does it on some F-Bodys, it doesn't hurt anything, and they can't figure out what causes it.

 

I have heard that noise before on another car I had, it was a late 80's model but I heard it when I slammed the gas pedal on a straight line. It kinda sounded like the gears skipped a little.

 

so cotton,you say that they say it wont hurt anything?do i need to have this checked or just live with it?

 

Anybody know a site for Torsen??
There has been a lot of comments about this clicking, clunking or what ever.
I had it in my 97 but cured it by cleaning and refluiding the rear end. It had the ASR so that may of been different type of rear end.
I understand these could either have a Gov lock or Torsen rear differential and I have NO ideal of either.
I have flushed out this one and refilled with new oil and additive and still clicks or clunks.
I have jacked it up and put a stetescope on the differential and don't seem to hear any unusual noise.
Only notice it at low speeds and mostly when doing a slight turn. Maybe this won't hurt anything, WHICH I hope, cause I am doing a 4k mile trip this May for a police car convention in AR.

Great forum and lots of thoughts to digest!!

 

damn that noise. sounds like a rattlesnake.