My son owns a 97 Pontiac, WS6 Trans Am. The car has 54000 miles on it. Supercharged LT1 approximately 600 HP. Six speed tranny with a Stage 3 clutch.
The aluminum driveshaft seems to be rubbing against the emergency brake cable holder in drive line tunnel. The drive shaft is slightly scored less than a 1/32 of an inch.
I had to remove the torque arm that runs parallel to the drive shaft. I found the torque arm was damaged. The upper attachment point of the torque arm that attaches to the rear-end was torn away from the top of the pumpkin. I also found that the arm was warped and rubbing against the drive shaft. I also replaced the rear shocks. I decided to drive the car slowly down the street to see if the rubbing had stopped. It has not. I am beginning to think the maybe the rear-end has rotated slightly causing a clearance issue or maybe a motor mount or a transmission mount may have failed. I do not seem to have the rubbing when in reverse.
I plan on putting in a heavy duty torque arm once I fix this problem. And install heavy duty rear lower control arms.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Gary
The aluminum driveshaft seems to be rubbing against the emergency brake cable holder in drive line tunnel. The drive shaft is slightly scored less than a 1/32 of an inch.
I had to remove the torque arm that runs parallel to the drive shaft. I found the torque arm was damaged. The upper attachment point of the torque arm that attaches to the rear-end was torn away from the top of the pumpkin. I also found that the arm was warped and rubbing against the drive shaft. I also replaced the rear shocks. I decided to drive the car slowly down the street to see if the rubbing had stopped. It has not. I am beginning to think the maybe the rear-end has rotated slightly causing a clearance issue or maybe a motor mount or a transmission mount may have failed. I do not seem to have the rubbing when in reverse.
I plan on putting in a heavy duty torque arm once I fix this problem. And install heavy duty rear lower control arms.
Any ideas or suggestions?
Gary
Nov 1, 2007 at 1:15 AM