I have a loud clicking noise coming from rear of tranny where drive axle goes into tranny. when you press gas it gets louder. does not make any noise in neutral. i assume it is a gear or drive shaft. not sure what gear is there or if a easy fix. Should i just look for used tranny. Thanks for any help.

 

david

I have a loud clicking noise coming from rear of tranny where drive axle goes into tranny. when you press gas it gets louder. does not make any noise in neutral. i assume it is a gear or drive shaft. not sure what gear is there or if a easy fix. Should i just look for used tranny. Thanks for any help.

 

david

 

 

I'd say the first step is to have a knowledgeable person check it out. You posted your location, so maybe someone can mention a mechanic that can confirm you have an internal transmission problem and not just a bad axle or driveshaft u-joint or other less severe problem. Although axle problems might hold for a while, get this investigated soon.

Are you sure it's not coming from one of the outer CV joints at the front wheels?

 

I've never heard a failing universal joint on the drive shaft make clicking noises. They usually vibrate and/or make low range noises associated with roughness in the joint. On automatics, a noticeable clunk can be heard after slipping the tranny into gear.

Edited January 22, 201214 yr by hohieu
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I had checked by two transmisson shops. They both said it was bd tranny. I listened with a scope with car up on jacks and in gear, noise is where driveshaft goes into rear of tranny. cv joints look ok. Going to pull tranny tomorrow. Thanks for your input will let you know what i find.

There were some issues with the center differentials in the Forester transmissions for a few years. The tail section is fairly easy to remove. You could pull that off without removing the trans from the car and check the center diff and transfer gears for damage.

I pulled tranny needed to look at clutch also. I pulled rear housing ext.. off of transaxle. I found to large round thin metal bands tore in half and chewed up. two gears lost a couple off teeth. Looking for diagram for transaxle to get part names/numbers. not sure where bands came from. it looks like it could be replaced but gears/shafts may cost as much as used transaxle. does anyone know where to get detailed diagram for transaxle TY755VC1BA.

 

Thanks for any input.

David

The band falls off of the back of the center differential. It is a lock ring that holds the assembly together.

 

Cheapest route is to get a new ( used ) transmission. Car-part.com is a good source for used parts. Not sure when they eventually fixed this issue so I'm not sure which year transmissions to steer towards or away from.

I'm sure you could find some more info about it on Subaruforester.org.

Thanks John

 

Found out yesterday you were right on the money. Found a good used tranny for $300. Hard parts over. Thanks again.

 

Later,David