bent flywheel?

regulator_rt · Jun 15, 2009

i have an automatic 95 GT
the car's slammed and the streets here arnt really too kind to that...we got sum nasty speedbumps
and i hit 1 bad bump and i think i might've bent the flywheel. :BangHead:
is that possible?
and if it is will i be hearing that rattling gratting noise??

ram360 · Jun 15, 2009

you'd have to crack the bellhousing first. Auto's use a flexplate.

regulator_rt · Jun 15, 2009

yea, but the plate isnt exposed a bit?

LAFENATU · Jun 15, 2009

The plate is inside the bellhousing.

On the AODE the bellhousing is a part of the transmission, it is not sperate.

regulator_rt · Jun 15, 2009

okay,but i still cant pinpoint where is rattling is coming from, it not internal, it has to be towards where the tranny is sitting..any help with that?

Win · Jun 15, 2009

+1 auto's have a flex plate

What are the symptoms your having???

Why are you thinking this???

If your hearing a rattling noise it can many numerous things.

Win · Jun 15, 2009

regulator_rt said:
okay,but i still cant pinpoint where is rattling is coming from, it not internal, it has to be towards where the tranny is sitting..any help with that?

Go take a look at your smog pipe. If you have a O/R pipe and someone didn't put it back on completely that could have fallen off or gotten garred loose and is causing a rattling.

regulator_rt · Jun 15, 2009

its a consistant rattle, but not consistant with the idle, and it comes and goes but never compleatly goes away

and its just noisy, its not messing with the performance of the car, but i dont want it to grow into a problem

ram360 · Jun 15, 2009

if you have converters it could be those. If it just started happening after the speed bump incident crawl under that bad boy and look for some fresh metal. You'll see exactly what contacted w/ the pavement.

regulator_rt · Jun 16, 2009

alright cool, ill get to it this afternoon. thanks for the help, greatly appreciated

GDTrumbo · Jun 16, 2009

Do the auto cars have a removable inspection plate covering the lower front section of the flexplate/converter? If so, remove the inspection plate & check for damage to the plate. Drive the car w/o the plate in place and see if sound persists. Could be the speed bump made contact with the bottom edge of the plate.

I had one on my '69 Road Runner that drove me insane for a while. Found that I had simply installed it backwards.

GT

d_punch · Jun 16, 2009

could be a heat shield, when mine came loose the rattle would drive me nuts

regulator_rt · Jun 19, 2009

checked underneath the car and it ended up being the torque converter having sum loose bolts, tightened them up and the rattle was gone.
thanks for the tips and ill keep u guys posted with the stang's progress, im waitin on sum equal length shortys.

Win · Jun 20, 2009

DUDE if your Conv had some loose bolts that was a hard hit i would check everything out...........

GDTrumbo said:
Do the auto cars have a removable inspection plate covering the lower front section of the flexplate/converter? If so, remove the inspection plate & check for damage to the plate. Drive the car w/o the plate in place and see if sound persists. Could be the speed bump made contact with the bottom edge of the plate.

I had one on my '69 Road Runner that drove me insane for a while. Found that I had simply installed it backwards.

GT

I think if i remember correctly it is a rubber plug!!!!

regulator_rt · Jun 20, 2009

yea i inspected everything, i have a couple of dings in the H-pipe but thats about it, found out today that the previous owner had tken it apart, but did a half assed job on putting it back together, so the bolts walked out over time..thks aloot for the help.