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noise from the drive train - 2007 GT500

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  1. Aug 11, 2009 #1
    robwidner

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    hey, any of you out there get a noise that sounds like a diesel car or truck as it pulls awy from a stop,coming from [sounds like] the clutch or trans. area of car. to describe it i guess i would say it's a rattling noise as you release the clutch and give throttle,as you keep increasing speed it seems to get quieter. also if you hold the clutch in it goes away. put the car in neutral and release the clutch and you can hear it from sounding like under the trans. area of the car. is this normal. is it clutch throwout bearing or what. please help. thanks. rob widner
     
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    Re: noise from the drive train

    I would replace the clutch and pressure plate - and since you have the tranny of anyway - replace the throwout bearing (cheap insurance).
    Check the flywheel carefully for cracks or glazing or oil from a leak while you are under there. Its been a long time - and the memory is not what it used to be - but I seem to remember that the springs on the clutch itself can be one of the causes of this problem. Best of luck.
     
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    Re: noise from the drive train

    That sounds like it is TSB time by Ford.:thumbsup:
     
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    hey wylie,what is tsb time by ford,you lost me.
     
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    There is a TSB Technical service bulletin put out by Ford to do with clutch warping due to a bad flywheel. Sign in to the GT500 forum and do a search on it. It is on certain shelby's made before a specific date. Or check with your dealer.:thumbsup:
     
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    sorry,,,it is actually the flywheel warping causing the clutch to go bad. It also causes the clutch to drag meaning the car creeps forward with the clutch all the way down. The TSB number is 08-16-04 which was the original TSB. Then came TSB 09-9-2 which supercedes it on cars built before 09-01-2008. What year is your car?:thumbsup:
     
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    hey wylie, mine is a 2007. just for info purposes,listen to this.i took it to the local ford dealer here in bossier, louisiana.they said it's a characteristic of the race type cutch/trans. {ha ha} showed me some of those nice tsb's, said mine was gear rollover. yea right! they have had the car at the dealership for in and out of two weeks and they come back with this lame sorry response. this is normal for this car they say.my take is this, they don't have a problem over at ford credit takin' my payments, but they can't stand behind a product that has shelby's name involved. what a disgrace.and they wonder why our major car makers are failing. duh! any advice on what to do is very appreciated. i love the car,just not impressed with their quality control.
     
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    ok,,,go to the gt500 forum and search for clutch drag. there is a lot of good info there. is your car still in warranry? and they are wrong,,,gear rollover is not supposed to be.:thumbup:
     
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    yea wylie, it's still under warrant,only has a bit over 4000 miles on it. thanks a bunch for all the info.
     
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    you are welcome. If you do not find what you want there was another thread on gear rollover i remember some one talking about. might search that. I have more info if you want to call me. its too much to write. 903 447 5680
     
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  11. Aug 27, 2009 #11
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    -_-:(I have the same problem, and was thinking that it's a combination of a bad pilot bearing(noise in neutral, clutch out). Maybe I should get it to the dealer. Mine's just a SGT 2007.

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    Hope you have better luck than me with the dealer. I have zero confidence in them. let me know how your's turns out.
     
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