My 84 Vette with 24k miles had been making some what of a whining noise over the last month, thought it may have been the tires, but it went away when overdrive was engaged.
Yesterday the noise was 10x worse, doesn't want to drop in OD and now no reverse.
I've seen reference to a bearing going bad in the tranny that will cause both these symptoms, some have referenced as a carrier bearing.
The good news is I have two options for repair - a 30 year certified GM trasmission mechanic, or another good friend who has been in/owns the tranny business for almost 25. The GM guy wants me to yank it and he will rebuild it on the side, my friend said he wants to hear what the car is doing before he rips anything apart - and he has experience with these trannys and their "known" problems. I've used both of these guys in the past on automatic transmissions - the GM guy is real good on later model transmissions I've had him fix, never sent one back, but I'm hesitant to pull this myself and put it back in and have problems.
Anyone think of other options, is this a common problem with these 4+3's?
Yesterday the noise was 10x worse, doesn't want to drop in OD and now no reverse.
I've seen reference to a bearing going bad in the tranny that will cause both these symptoms, some have referenced as a carrier bearing.
The good news is I have two options for repair - a 30 year certified GM trasmission mechanic, or another good friend who has been in/owns the tranny business for almost 25. The GM guy wants me to yank it and he will rebuild it on the side, my friend said he wants to hear what the car is doing before he rips anything apart - and he has experience with these trannys and their "known" problems. I've used both of these guys in the past on automatic transmissions - the GM guy is real good on later model transmissions I've had him fix, never sent one back, but I'm hesitant to pull this myself and put it back in and have problems.
Anyone think of other options, is this a common problem with these 4+3's?