Well what i thought was a broken front axle turned out to be a bad throw out bearing. I've been driving around on it for a week now. Mainly i was just curious if it was ok to continue to drive around on it for a few more days (4-7 days) until insurance gets the money to me to go get it replaced? i think it must have gotten knocked loose by my T-bone wreck. cuz it didn't happen before the wreck. anyways, like i said just curious. thanks.
thats the thing i am 99% sure its not "bad" i think it just came loose. i mean its clickin and clacking like a broken axle would sound. the body shop told me they pulled everything apart and decided thats what it was. they are the ones that said it was "bad" and needed to be replaced. but the thing is I just got a new clutch and pilot bearing/throw-out bearing put in less than a month before my wreck.
clack sound. no, the clickin continues, and slows down with the speed of the car. hence the reason i originally thought it was the CV axle. but the body shop assures me its the throw-out.
Throw out bearing noise follows engine rpm not ground speed and usually changes or goes away with clutch pedal movement.
yeah, well i can rev it up with the clutch in and it still makes the noise. when i said slows down with speed of car, i meant i downshift, so as the car is slowing down it slows down with engine RPM AND ground speed.
im pretty sure that if the clutch is in and you rev it and it changes the speed of clicking then its not the throwout bearing.
It's probably your muffler bearings. Alex upgraded his to titanium... I'm sorry. I couldn't resist. You can hit me next time you're at a meet.
haha. ok well after further driving and more listening and looking it's definitely something internal. there is no visible grease/oil/seepage anywhere out of the ordinary. and i was wrong, it doesn only make the sound under load. when in neutral revving it up, makes no sound. it slowly dies down with the engine rpm and therefore also slowly gets louder/faster with increase in engine rpm. however it DOES still make the sound (although not as loud) with my foot in the clutch and either pausing in between gears or slowing down without downshifting, holding the clutch in or not gradually getting slower as the car stops.