I bought a 96ss 3 months ago.it had 19500 miles on it.Very clean car like new.I notice when i went through drive through at the bk .That the trans made a slight rattle noise.When the clutch is released and sound goes away when clutch pedal is pressed in; kinda sounds like rocks in a can. The transmission makes no noise when driven. Car changes gears really well.Clutch grabs strong. I changed the fluid in the trans, it was clean. I have driven the car appox 1000 miles. The noise has stayed the same. Is it typical for these trans to make some noise?Since they do carry a thin atf. thanks Mike

 

I think they all do it to some degree or another, I've had 3 Z28's , 2-94's & 1-97 and they all did it, The 97 was the worst.

 

Forgot to say it's the throw out bearing rattling and not a big deal, Kinda annoying though

 

i agree, definitely the T.O.bearing. Not so much a safety issue as a pain in the ***.

 

My 96 has rattled since the day it was new. Think of it as a rattlesnake sound to scare away all the cars with a horse on them.

Nothing to worry about, enjoy your SS, you found a beautiful, low mileage car.

 

thats a good one...

 

thanks guys for the help.. appreciate the quick response..
soundslike you all have awersome cars...

 

when i first got my 93 it scared the crap outta me.. i thought the trans was done for.. But come to find out its normal put a new clutch t.o and pressure plate in.. and shes gone.. no more rattle.. but not like it bothered me anyway

 

Just one more thought on this, Since I went to the Mcleod S/T clutch I haven't had anymore TO bearing noise