2nd Generation Hond Fit

That's encouraging... but how can you tell?

 

Well, it is a wayward cow. Boy.

RFT!!!
Dave Kelsen

 

Ever notice how when they say, "It's 5:00 somewhere in the world", they
never specify AM or PM? :^)

 

Just a gut feeling based on experience. Don't worry about it until
threatens to fail which may never happen..

JT

 

Fair enough. A used tranny will run me about $600, so if I can avoid that,
great.

What I don't know is how to tell the difference between worn bearings and a
worn diff.

Based on my experiences with worn wheel bearings, I'm guessing a worn
bearing in the tranny would be noisy pretty much any time I accelerate in
any gear at any speed. The tranny's shafts are quite short, so I'd think
any side-load would be transmitted to all the bearings fairly equally.

I once had an '82 Toyota Corolla SR5 that developed two worn 5th gear
bearings. In those cases, the bearing was noisy any time I was in that
gear. So long as I was out of 5th, the bearing was not under side-load and
was quiet. The shafts of that RWD tranny were fairly long, leading me to
believe bearing loads were more likely than in my 'Teg to be localized to a
single bearing.

 

If you're concerned.. You can just be on the look out for a tranny at a
better price. Your car's age is probably just beginning to slip out of a
JDM replacement which might include an engine since you are approaching
that point as well.

You oughta hear the tranny in my '83... I shoulda got suspicious as this
car sported a "Duke" sticker on the back glass. That puppy did not
receive tender treatment.. The tranny on the '82 OTOH is quiet as a
mouse but then again, this car was purchased from the original owner but
unfortunately is a "bare bones," (not even a DX), vehicle with four speed.

No one can fault achieving 300K miles as a lousy deal. You got your
money's worth plus some. OTOH, sheeple just trade in and keep an active
payment book...

<G>

JT

 

Drop-in JDM is getting extreemely difficult to find for my car; it's too
old.

Somebody in rec.autos.tech suggested the diff bearings, which sounds
plausible.

I'm just going to live with it and be gentle with my acceleration in order
to put as little side-load on the bearings as possible.

 

Most likely pinion..

Don't lose a lot of sleep over it... They'll probably out last you!

JT

 

You mean the pinion itself, not the bearings which hold the pinion in
place...?

If it's in fact the pinion itself.

I'm kind of interested in the experience you have that tells you it's the
pinion and not the bearings.

 

Bearings, which eventully will lead to pinion gear noise.

Not a big concern at this point..

JT

 

The noise isn't that bad, it's just noticeable.

I'm going to leave it until it gets really annoying then replace the
tranny. Hopefully I can get a couple more years out of it.

Thanks.