John,
I agree with pat, check those brakes, I had mine binding after a front-end
rebuild, luckily not enough to cuase damage, but enough for the car to be left
on quite a slope with the handbrake off!!
Cheers
Tim
"Catchpole, Pat" wrote:
> John
>
> I am worried by your statement 'is then very reluctant to go above 3500rpm
> and will get 'stuck' there'. UJ (drive or prop shaft ones) will not cause
> this phenomena. Is the noise definitely coming from the rear end? Could it
> be the diff? I can think of nothing else that would possible limit the max
> speed / revs unless it is the gearbox / OD but that would be front end
> noises. Is 3500rpm a max in any gear or only top gear?
>
> The Kipping parts catalogue has a good section on noise identification
> (flowcharts etc) but I don't have one to hand at the moment - maybe someone
> else can help here.
>
> Are the brakes binding - daft question but you have just had the whole front
> end apart.
>
> Sorry I can be more helpful
>
> Pat
>
>
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