Today I noticed that sometimes my gearstick is moving under acceleration and decelleration and when it does move there is a quiet grinding noise coming from somewhere in the trans.
I have done a search but nothing came up under " gearstick moving'.
Does anyone know what it might be?

 

anyone?

 

i think it is just from drivetrain vibration (when cruising) and torquing (when on the throttle)

not sure what the grinding is though gl

edit: maybe the grinding is from your clutch? if u notice it when u're idling and the sound goes away when u push in the clutch.

 

Probably bad motor mounts, bad diff mounts, or cracked powerplant frame.

Too much looseness results in the shifter moving around, but really the whole tranny is moving down in the tranny tunnel. You can remove the shift boot and insulators and see if that shows you the movement.

If it doesn't seem like the tranny is moving at all, and it's a stock shifter, I'd inspect the shifter bushings and wave springs. These often break, but grinding is not characteristic of this problem.

 

check ur exaust i had the same problem the grindin was my lower down pipe hittin the undercarriage.....my motor mounts wer alright but i put a engine damper and walla

 

I had gearstick noise when i first installed my B&M short shifter. Upon deceleration you can hear the tranny tunnel making a whiney noise, not loud but you can notice it and it sounded like the car was supercharged or has like 1000hp LOL.

But after a while, when driving it more and more, the sound went away.

 

my shifter moves back and forth on throttle and off throttle in 3rd

 

Motor mounts.

Just changed OEM to polyurethane.

The drivers side stock OEM motor mount was "cracked in half (i.e. not attached to the mount anymore). The shifter would move whenever on the throttle, or getting off of it.

With the new motor mounts installed, the shifter doesn't move at all.

Wish I did this years ago. Plus got rid of one of the clunking noises (still have the clunking from bad pillow *****, next on the list).

Definitely recommend this modification.

 

If you have good motor mounts and plenty of power and the shifter moves back and forth , get one of the Garfinkle Engine Torque Braces .They have rubber bushings on each end so there is no vibration in the car but the motor can still move a very slight amount .A new batch of them will be ready soon .

 

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Regarding the "quiet grinding sound", if you have a short shifter, I think they tend to transmit a little drive-train noise, since the "shaft" of the shifter isn't isolated in rubber like the OEM. Keeping the pivot socket greased and fluid levels where they should be helps.