2002 P71 tranny noises

[Brads03starcar]

Hi all, I have a question about a strange noise in my new (to me) 2002 CVPI.

I was driving down the Trans Canada highway yesterday (110 km/h speed limit) and there were some "waves" in the road. When I went over them, there was a noise from right under the console that sounded like someone taking an electric mixer at full speed and hitting sheet metal....

I was doing speed limit, 3 (average sized under 200 lb) adults and a baby on board, trunk empty (so not overloaded). Car sits nice and high and I can't see it bottoming out (the bumps weren't that bad!) Suspension is fairly recent and stiff.

Could this be an emerging transmission problem?

[Brads03starcar]

Fixed it!!

Appears the previous owner figured it was a good idea to mount a console with 3" long screws drilled right down the center of the tranny hump.....so needless to say, every time I went over a decent bump in the road, the drive shaft rose up and sheared the ends off the screws causing a huge metal on metal noise.....now I have a big scrape encircling the drive shaft to worry about...

[Stick462]

I would look for another drive shaft to be on the safe side from another CVPI .The shafts are aluminum and might rip apart.The last owner should have a 3 inch screw put in his head.