Hey guys, i have a 2000 and for about a week or so i have had this annoying rattle coming from underneath my truck and it sounds like it is coming from the near my front right wheel. Oh it is only when i am at idle and stop lights and such, it stops when i accelerate and while driving. PLEASE HELP!

 

is it 2500 rpms and up?

 

no its between 1100 and 1700 rpms

 

It could be just a heat shield... do some poking around.

 

The heat shield for the transmission? I looked and listened today and the sound is coming from above the transmission???

 

Check the heat shields on the cats.

 

I didn't say the heat shield for the tranny. I simply said "a heat shield".

 

Yes i realize you said heat shield but i said could it be the one for the transmission? Since i did state that i heard the sound above the tranny.

 

dunno about newer trucks but isn't there a heat shield on the exhaust manifold?

 

My bad. I read it wrong. sorry.

 

Okay, since that rattle noise started my truck has been vibrating like crazy when im stopped at lights or whatever. Well on my way home from work today i was merging onto the freeway from another highway and i went to accelerate and my engine made a terrible almost grinding noise. My dad came and got me and towed my truck back to work and we took the tranny out and stuff and what the problem is was that my flywheel has like 5 or 6 cracks in it! WTF!? I will post a picture of it when i bring the camera back home, we were in shock that it had so many.