Hello everyone. I am slowly replacing all of the worn out shift linkages on a 90 Jetta 1.6 manual trans.
Yesterday I drained and refilled the gear oil in the trans. I used Red Line fluid I got from Parts Place.
The old fluid was a little brown in color. Not super bad, but definitely not new.
I jacked the car up with my floor jack and put jack stands under both A arms.
I refilled it with the full 2 quarts. Only spilling a small amount (about the size of a small pancake) on the ground.
I torqued the drivers wheel to 80ft lbs a
Today while driving to work, I noticed a weird clunking and grinding noise. Seemed most noticable on acceleration. It's definitely w rotational noise.
It doesn't seem to change with turning. It's really noticeable at lower speeds.
Only during acceleration on 1st through 3rd gear.
Primarily heard in 2nd, from what I can tell.
When I got to work, I searched around underneath the car and couldn't find anything loose with the wheels on it.
Any suggestions as to where I should start? Would this be a possible wheel bearing or axle bearing issue? I just can't imagine it's coincidence that it's now doing this after I flushed the trans.
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