I haven’t even tried driving the car yet. I just replaced the transmission line and decided to check the operation of the transmission while on jack stands.
The grinding noise didn’t sound like a wheel bearing IMO. It sounded much more like metal in a blender. My wheel bearing experience so far, they’ve sounded more like mud tires on asphalt. As far as where it came from, it’s hard to pinpoint the origin of the noise due to a loud exhaust which has yet to be fixed, and ambient noise in general.
My original thought was it was coming from somewhere inside or near the transfer case.
The car doesn’t surge in idle at all, in park it holds a steady idle at about 1500 when cold.
I’m fairly sure this is a combination of 2 or more problems though. Grinding noise at about 30mph, and the car increasing speed by itself when in gear.
Thanks for the input,
-Z