Topper

Hey guys,
I have a new noise in my transmission. It's not a high speed click click click like a universal it's more like a low speed clunck clunck. I only hear it in 6th gear. It happens even when the back tires are off the ground on jack stands. I have heard about 5 speeds having problems with a nut backing off or something but I don't remember anything about 6 speeds having problems.
Any help or input would sure be appreciated!
Thanks,
Topper

Road Traveler

Well I have a new clunk clunk as well and I could have swore it was in the tranny. I then thought it was a u joint but all of them check out fine. So I said the heck with it and run till it breaks. Then I started to get weird vibration so I went back to hunting the problem. Here is what I found out: it turns out to be the back drive shaft where it splines into the front drive shaft. You can hold the front one tight and in a bind and the back one will turn and twist inside the other one. When I gas it hard or suddenly back off the pedal it will clunk! Hope this helps!!

j-fox

Is it the clutch hub?

Kman9090

Seems like all the 2 piece driveshafts have troubles.

Topper

Thanks guys,
I will check over the drive shaft but it seems like it's only there when I'm in high gear. I guess I'll pull the drive shaft and then try it again. Does anyone know if the 6sp tranies had any trouble like the 5sp tranies did?
Thanks,
Topper

roughstock

what about the rear brakes?

Topper

Well guys,
I figured out what the noise was... NOT GOOD!!! I took the covers off the sides of the transmission and found a couple of gears with a tooth or 2 gone. I cleaned up the inside the best I could and ran a magnet in all the places I could and pulled out some scrap metal. Well I put it back together and refilled it. I took it for a test drive and the noise got real bad once I hit high gear. Yep this thing is toast. Anyone know a place that sells NV5600's??? Looks like it's time to open up the wallet.
Thanks for the replys guys. I wish you guys were right on this one.
See ya,
Topper

tacohat

If you are able to do the work yourself, I searched the internet for nv5600 parts. I found the following website that may have the parts you are looking for:
http://www.drivetrain.com/NV56000parts.htm
Otherwise, on ebay, they are asking upwards of $3000