ks03
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I’ve fixed something similar before, starter return spring was broken. Vehicle would make a nasty grind, on hard acceleration, and as you stopped backing up. I didn’t figure out where it was coming from until I lifted the front wheels more than a foot higher than the rears, and it started doing it constantly.
So maybe start by trying to find a steep incline to roll up on and see if it does it.
If you can’t duplicate it, and we might be barking up the wrong tree, have you tried brake torquing it in drive and reverse? Maybe there’s a bad motor or trans mount letting something flop around.
so back to the starter idea, you can probably check it without disconnecting the wires at the starter. Just disconnect the battery, pull the 2 starter bolts, pull it out enough you can tip the nose down, if the gear comes sliding down it’s bad.
Alternatively that also gives you a chance to peek at your flex plate, however most I’ve come across are loudest with minimal load and at low idle.
So maybe start by trying to find a steep incline to roll up on and see if it does it.
If you can’t duplicate it, and we might be barking up the wrong tree, have you tried brake torquing it in drive and reverse? Maybe there’s a bad motor or trans mount letting something flop around.
so back to the starter idea, you can probably check it without disconnecting the wires at the starter. Just disconnect the battery, pull the 2 starter bolts, pull it out enough you can tip the nose down, if the gear comes sliding down it’s bad.
Alternatively that also gives you a chance to peek at your flex plate, however most I’ve come across are loudest with minimal load and at low idle.
