corvette killer

i just bought my 87 GT convert(5-speed). it drove fine the first thirty or forty miles around the city i bought it. i then drove it about 150 miles back home but stopped regularly and kept it to a nice slow place. once i got off the interstate and back home. i noticed a hard grinding sound in the rear end, its really noticable in 1rst, 2nd, and 3rd. hardly at all in 4th, then when i shift to 5th, i heard a hard dropping or popping sound out of the rear and its really shaky when you drive it in 5th. it is also gettin harder to get it into each gear. im thinkin the differential is completely dry, or bearings are wore or somethin. anybody got any insight to give me about what to check out?

lxman1

If it's hard to shift, I would think it's the tranny fluid that needs to be checked!!


As for the rearend, you might check to make sure the pinion nut didn't come loose.

corvette killer

yea, i just took it to the shop and threw it up on the jack stands. its the tranny. goin to grab a new one tommorrow

mjr46

no details???????????

corvette killer

i dont have any details yet. the messed up tranny is still in it. ill pull it out after i get the new one and take it apart to see what messed up. ill keep ya posted

Shelty

if its hard to get into gear...

throw out bearing?