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Old May 13, 2017 | 08:30 AM
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I'm getting a sound every now and then of what sounds like i'm running over rumble strips on the side of the highway. I'm guessing it's the trans grinding. Any thoughts?
 
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Old May 13, 2017 | 09:05 AM
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My first thought is that I don't know if you have a manual or an automatic transmission.
 
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Originally Posted by Mark Kovalsky
My first thought is that I don't know if you have a manual or an automatic transmission.
4 Speed auto. sorry
 
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You will have to go through the process of elimination,inspect shake rattle spin test,front wheel bearings,brakes,drive line spline yoke & ujoints & carrier bearing,rear axle ,transmission tail shaft,[transfercase if its a 4x4 ] may need to put it up on jack stands & test the running gear, But be careful You dont get tangled up in moving parts,note sometimes you have to drop drive line to test u joints.
 
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Old May 13, 2017 | 11:26 AM
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Originally Posted by crop harvester
You will have to go through the process of elimination,inspect shake rattle spin test,front wheel bearings,brakes,drive line spline yoke & ujoints & carrier bearing,rear axle ,transmission tail shaft,[transfercase if its a 4x4 ] may need to put it up on jack stands & test the running gear, But be careful You dont get tangled up in moving parts,note sometimes you have to drop drive line to test u joints.
I think it's the trans because it seems to be happening when it upshifts and it stops when i let off the gas.
 
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U-joints will do that too, and because you've got a bunch of them under there, all of them are suspect
 
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I 2nd what coax says.
 
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Definitely the cheaper and easier thing to check first before you start tearing into a tranny.....
 
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Originally Posted by ashort430
I'm getting a sound every now and then of what sounds like i'm running over rumble strips on the side of the highway. I'm guessing it's the trans grinding. Any thoughts?
Check your hub bearings, I had same symptoms, hit a bump and sounds like rumble strips. Slow down or stop and goes away until you hit another bump.
 
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