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Carrier Bearings Going Bad Supposedly
tbdang1999
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I just went in for my 90K tune up service at my local Honda dealer. I had them also do a total body service which cleaned the carbon in the fuel injection system. After getting the car back, I notice a small subtle rumbling noise, a sound like the exhaust puffing away. So I went back to the dealer, and after their tech test drove it twice, said that my carrier bearings in the differential, the transmission, were going bad. Anyone have any information what might the caused be? Either poor workmanship or is it just wear and tear? The service advisor said it'll cost 5500 to repair the tranny. I called up American Honda and they said it might be just wear and tear. But I was thinking how can it be wear and tear when the car is in its prime. The car has 96000 miles on it, six years old, and I never experienced the noise before until after the service tune up yesterday. The car is a 1998 Honda Accord LX sedan. Any help is appreciated if anyone knows the cause of this and what the heck is going on. Thanks.
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If it was, you could request a tear-down in front of witnesses, and if those gears are burned from a lack of lubrication, you may have a case.
Tricky business proving anything though. It does seem rather suspicious however, if the trans oil was in fact changed. Not only would they have to have drained the oil out, then they'd have to button it up with no oil and drive it for a while to damage it.
In other words, was there any reason for them to test drive your car a long distance?
Of course this noise may be no big deal. I can't hear it so I can't tell you whether to worry or not.
Let us know how this comes out-it is potentially a horror show.
I agree, the whole thing smells funny.
a good bearing would sound like water rushing down a falls, and a bad one would sound like riding downhill in a wagon through a prarie-dog town with a garbage can over your head and goons banging on it.
beats replacing tons of parts trying to prove it isn't the big one that you can't afford.
At Super Shops, we NEVER used air guns to install wheels (we sold a LOT of high dollar wheels and tires). We respected the money and time people put into their hot rods and treated them accordingly.
I asked this one young man, who was interviewing for a position as a tire guy, what he thought I should do in the "big picture", if a guy just got a $3,000 set of wheels and tires installed on his Corvette and got 200 feet down the road and one of his wheels feel off.
After he explained just how apologetic we should be, I asked him what should be done to the guy who installed the wheels on the car (him). He said:
"Well, the first time, I should definitely get a written warning - the second time, I would think that I might lose a few hours pay or something, the third time....."
I ended the interview at that point.
Had to have 3 studs pressed out and replaced with new ones-threads were buggered beyond fixing. CHeck the threads on your lug bolts/studs now cause having them replaced is a BIG DEAL. If you had noise cause they were loose-don't see how they could survive intact. The longer you wait to check the less chance you have of getting the dealer to fix his mistake. Friend with a Toyota had a dealer pull the same blunder-really a bear getting them to replace the mangled bolts.