Bad Grinding sound

[Spanaway Mudder]

I have a very bad grinding sound when I start my jeep up..also when I put it back into park and nuteral ...The engine was out of a 89 Xj with a manual trany..I pulled the clutch pak off and the fly wheel..installed the flex plate and dust cover...

Started it all up and now it just grinds like a mofo...

please help..:helpme:

Iam tired of spending money and not being able to drive it...:flamemad:

 

[89CherokeePioneer]

You seated the tranny to the engine, right? You didn't try to push it together with the bolts?

 

[Spanaway Mudder]

If I did do it that way..please explain!!!

 

[98XJeep]

if you pulled the tranny to the engine using the bolts you could have messed up the pilot bearing........also you might check the dust covers they can get bent easily and rub against the flywheel.

 

[Spanaway Mudder]

I thought about the dust cover..but the grinding gets worse when I put it back in nuteral or park...so that counts out the dust cover

 

[Spanaway Mudder]

also..it went together nice n smooth actually...

 

[PornstaR]

gotta go back and check you work................ i can always stop by and check your junk........ im near spunaway

 

[Spanaway Mudder]

sounds good to me...

After replaceing both front n rear ends, tranny, transfercase, and now the engine...

Iam tired of wrenching on it...I WANT TO WHEEL!!!!!!!!Hasta

 

[lawsoncl]

if you pulled the tranny to the engine using the bolts you could have messed up the pilot bearing........also you might check the dust covers they can get bent easily and rub against the flywheel.

I'm guessing he's talking about an auto since he mentions park and a flex plate. In which case he doesn't have a pilot bearing. It is vital that the torque converter be fully seated into the tranny or it can be damaged when you snug the bellhousing bolts up. Just need to turn it until it clicks all the way down.

Maybe the dust cover is hitting the flex plate?

 

[Spanaway Mudder]

I thought that it may be the dust cover..but the only down fall is..it grinds more after I throw it back into nuteral and park, so that counts out the plate...:firedevil

 

[majic_tech]

dude just take the dust cover off and try it again.......unless you want to pull the trans again for no reason (potentially) and if the noise aint gone you already have it off, to pull that pesky trans to see what happened

 

[Spanaway Mudder]

I will try that...

 

[Spanaway Mudder]

Well I have come to the conclusion that I screwed up and didnt double check my engine all the way around before putting it in and forgot to remove the pilot bearing from inside the crank when I pulled the clutch pack off of it..

this is a guess, but if its that , why would I wanna put that tranny back up in there?

I have another one..

so who's free tomarow and near Span-tuckey?...come on P star..I know you wanna help out...

 

[lawsoncl]

Um, yeah if the old pilot bearing is in there, that might cause a few problems with it mating up. Hopefully no damage, though. Unfortunately, I'm about 300-miles away or I'd head over. I'll be out that way in January but I hope you've solved the problem by then.

 

[Spanaway Mudder]

I plan on haveing it fixed by then...hell..I "plan" on haveing it fixed by sunday...

but most likely it will still be sitting then..