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Hey guys this is my first post figured I’d reach out to some forums with some people with more experience than me
I have a 1996 mustang gt 5 speed

I’ve been fighting this issue for a couple months. I’ve got this knocking noise coming from my transmission. It does it at idle. When I rev and when I downshift. I can take the inspection cover off and watch my clutch assembly “wobble” almost like something is off balance. I’ve replaced the clutch, pilot bearing, TOB, and the flywheel isn’t bad. I’m worried it’s my crankshaft. But I was looking at the front end and saw that my harmonic balancer was wobbling a little bit. I’m not sure what else it could be. Any suggestions?
 

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wonder how much it would cost to ship you a pair
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Welcome to stangnet.
 
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Harmonic balancer did not fix the problem.
 

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I'm going to jump in here and say if you have a 'tapping ' noise with flywheel and balancer wobble it appears to be a bent crankshaft, that is a best guess.
 

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A video or two would be a great help, maybe.
 
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It’s not letting me post the video
 
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