I only paid $1,000 for the car, which is overall in very good condition besides whatever is grinding, i just want to have an idea of what it could be before i start pulling it apart. About 25% of owners have noted difficulty shifting gears, particularly in older models 34 hey all, i have a grinding noise coming from the right rear that gets shorter and louder the faster you go
35 years of Mazda MX-5 Miata Special Editions - AOL
It somewhat sounds like a scraping brake pad
I checked the area really.
On the 1.6 the rear diff is an open diff that seems to have some pretty loose tolerances, so when pressure is placed into the diff it is fine but once you decelerate the gears aren't aligned as well. It happens on idle, not sure if it happens at driving speed because of regular miata wind noises. Occasionally when braking, it sounds and feels like the entire car is groaning or humming, at a similar frequency to the exhaust at about 2000 rpm The sound is fairly loud, and similar to a.
My daughter's '91 miata (original 1.6 with 108k mi) started making a horrible racket It's quite violent, and i'm trying to figure out what it is She says it started on one drive, but i haven't been. In this article, we'll deal with miata engine noise, decoding the messages your car might be trying to convey.
