iTurbo
06-06-2006, 03:13 AM
So the A525 in my Omni GLH went out south today. It's an A525 from an '84 base model Charger with a 3.05 final drive.
I was driving on the interstate, down shifted it into 4th gear and accelerated ~10 psi part throttle and it started grinding loudly. It would make the grinding in neutral and all gears except 5th. It was definately not a synchro type grinding noise; more like chunks of metal being ground to bits. Luckily I was able to drive it back home 40 miles without any more grinding (in 5th gear), but about 10 miles from home it started kicking itself out of gear. I had to hold the shifter in 5th the rest of the way home. I got off the interstate on-ramp and it started grinding again as soon as I pushed the clutch in. I took off from a stop and it started grinding REALLY BAD. The car was vibrating from it and it was loud as hell. Just then, the noise disappears! Drove the last two blocks and never heard any more sounds out of it.
The clutch pedal feel is fine and there is no engagement or slipping so I don't think it's related to the clutch. It would shift into all gears just fine as well, except I had to hold the shifter in place or it would kick itself out of gear.
I know it's toast, even though the problem seems to have gone away for now, but what is the likelyhood that this is still a salvageable core? Any idea of what might be the problem? Same thing happened to the last A525 that was in my old '85 H.O. GLH.
I was driving on the interstate, down shifted it into 4th gear and accelerated ~10 psi part throttle and it started grinding loudly. It would make the grinding in neutral and all gears except 5th. It was definately not a synchro type grinding noise; more like chunks of metal being ground to bits. Luckily I was able to drive it back home 40 miles without any more grinding (in 5th gear), but about 10 miles from home it started kicking itself out of gear. I had to hold the shifter in 5th the rest of the way home. I got off the interstate on-ramp and it started grinding again as soon as I pushed the clutch in. I took off from a stop and it started grinding REALLY BAD. The car was vibrating from it and it was loud as hell. Just then, the noise disappears! Drove the last two blocks and never heard any more sounds out of it.
The clutch pedal feel is fine and there is no engagement or slipping so I don't think it's related to the clutch. It would shift into all gears just fine as well, except I had to hold the shifter in place or it would kick itself out of gear.
I know it's toast, even though the problem seems to have gone away for now, but what is the likelyhood that this is still a salvageable core? Any idea of what might be the problem? Same thing happened to the last A525 that was in my old '85 H.O. GLH.