Ticking sound help

[Meltor]

I have noticed a ticking sound this week coming from my truck. I thought it was a valve that needed adjustment. I adjusted my valves yesterday and still the tick is there. I tried to narrow down where it is coming from and it does not seem to be in the engine. it almost sounds like it is in the bell housing.

 

about the tick:

 

it does not tick when cold. only after the truck is warm does the tick happen.

it follows the rpm's. i can rev the engine and the tick gets faster and then slows with the rpm's.

when at a stop and the shifter in neutral i can feel the tick through the shifter. slightly.

 

i am at a loss and dont know what this is. could anyone help me or have you seen this before. i am worried i am gonna break down soon. blah!

 

please and thanks

[Tmack]

It kinda souns like it may be your throw out bearing, clutch, pressure plate.

[Meltor]

i just had my clutch done 6 months ago. but i will look into that

[wayno]

Check your tranny fluid level and color, could be the cluster gear bearing, it would be a rpm noise, not a how fast your driving noise.

If the noise goes away when the engine is running, clutch pressed in, and the tranny in gear sitting still/not moving, then the tranny is suspect.

[Guest 510kamikazifreak]

Loose or broken alternator mount?

[poopypants720]

Hole/crack in the exhaust coupling pipe next to the tranny?

[Smyrna720]

Hole/crack in the exhaust coupling pipe next to the tranny?

 

I have the exact same symptoms you describe here. I haven't pulled my exhaust manifold off yet, but when I do I'm expecting either a cracked manifold or a leaking head pipe flange. My thought is that when the cast iron heats up and expands, it pulls open a crack and the tick gets louder.

[datzenmike]

Exhaust leaks tend to get louder the more you step on the gas and less at idle and can get louder as the vehicle warms up.

[Meltor]

so i no notice that it happens all the time now. cold or hot. i took a video of it. sorry about the sound. my exhaust makes it hard to hear the tick. i will look for a leak in my manifold and the pipe near there.

 

[Meltor]

so i went under my truck and found no exhaust leaks. but i did find this

 

when i push this to the right i can feel nothing but when i pull it to the left i can feel the tick.

[Tmack]

I would almost bet that the sleeve that the throw-out bearing rides on is broken or the arm that holds the bearing, You may have a calapsed pressure plate.

[elfirebeasto]

perhaps when you had your clutch done, someone messed up, or forgot a step, causing premature wear on the clutch parts.

[Meltor]

so i took my truck into cottmann transmission where i had my clutch done in december. told them about my ticking sound and the rattle coming from my clutch and they said nothing is wrong we dont hear a tick and that rattle is normal. everything is fine.

 

damn it this tick is pissing me off.

 

anyways gonna go get my exhaust replaced

[poor-mans-720]

I did my own clutch, and i surely dont have any sorts of a tick, or rattle??

[Skulptr]

when your t.o arm isnt fully clipped onto the front casing, it will make a ticking. there is a spring clip inside the arm that clips onto a ball inside the front case, and if they didnt bend it back into shape, or replace it, it wont fully clip on and will just hang out in there held in place by the slave cylinder and to bearing. try unbolting the slave cylinder from the tranny and move that arm around (with little pressure) and see if it moves. i say little pressure cause if it is hooked, with enough pressure you can unhook it, then you gotta take th tranny off to put it back on.

[datzenmike]

The arm should be rocking on the clutch arm pivot ball. It's a fulcrum point.

 

 

 

 

The slave pushrod goes in the dimple on the far right of the arm. The larger bump in the middle is where the pivot balll seats

 

 

 

so i went under my truck and found no exhaust leaks. but i did find this

 

when i push this to the right i can feel nothing but when i pull it to the left i can feel the tick.

 

Pushing the clutch arm to the left moves the release bearing into contact with the diaphragm fingers on the pressure plate. In the position it's in with the clutch peddle up the release bearing shouldn't be spinning so it's unlikely this is the cause of the noise. Look in the opening behind the arm with a flashlight and see that the arm is engaging the pivot ball.

 

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[Skulptr]

man if only you had a picture of the other side of the arm, so he could see what the clip looks like lol

[poor-mans-720]

That is the other side of the arm

 

[poor-mans-720]

if you look to the right side, you will see that dimple that the ball sits in. Also see how close the spring pieces are together, that is to ensure it snaps around the ball end.

[Skulptr]

if you look to the right side, you will see that dimple that the ball sits in. Also see how close the spring pieces are together, that is to ensure it snaps around the ball end.

 

And if it flattens from someone putting it on wrong, it won't pass completely over the ball to clip on behind it