TC, flex plate, transmission?

[greenskeeper]

This is on my 97 PSD

Started out with a grinding noise only in P R D 2 or 1. No noise in neutral.

Now I've got a horribly loud grinding noise in all gears, so loud that I am thinking it is eternal to the transmission or torque converter. So I am thinking flex plate?

The truck drives and shifts fine, although I'm not driving it anymore until I figure out what that noise is.

If I pull the inspection cover will I be able to see most of the flex plate while rotating the engine by hand?

 

[tbrumm]

If the flexplate has cracked beyond the crank bolts, you should be able to see that from the engine side with the inspection cover removed. I recently had the cover off on my truck. It takes only a few minutes and is three 7/16" bolts IIRC. I have to replace the flexplate on my truck very soon as the ring gear has a worn spot in it where the starter won't engage. It gets old having the crawl under the truck and put a breaker bar and socket on the crank snout and turn the engine past the dead spot so the truck will start.

 

[greenskeeper]

I looked removed the inspection plate and there are no cracks beyond the crank bolts.

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