RE: Driveshaft and coolant

["Jeff Greenfield" <alfaguy@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I once had Milano with a similar whining noise.

After many attempts to find it, we tore the transaxle down, and discovered
that the race for the pinion bearing was 'spinning' in the housing.

It was a very long time ago, and I don't remember quite what the symptoms
were other then a whining type noise.

Jeff


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From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
Bernie Bennett
Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2003 10:22 PM
To: Steve .
Cc: alfa-digest@domain.elided
Subject: Re: Driveshaft and coolant

Steve:

Is the sound only apparent with the power on? and "all but leaves" or 
becomes less when you back off? When mine did that, I was told it was a 
thrust washer and would eventually have to be fixed. Drove tens of 
thousands of miles with that sound. If  it has been whining for quite a 
while maybe it's time to get it fixed. If the sound is really constant 
at all times then it may be something else. The clutch is of course back 
behind the driveshaft with the transmission. So when you put in the 
clutch, you unload the driveshaft, but it continues to spin at engine 
speed (which if you let off the gas when you depress the clutch is of 
course slower.)

Good luck on the driveshaft issues.

Bernie Bennett

> 1987 Milano - Driving Driving - everything fine - high speed highway - 
> Whine in the drive line getting louder and louder - so it is a bearing 
> ..... Which one ? The whine all but leaves when the clutch is 
> depressed - Don't know if I'm being overly sensitive or paranoid when 
> I say 'all but leaves' - really think the remnant sound is simply that 
> of a spinning driveline.
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