Car on lift and running in neutral...rear wheels turn?

[bmwpower]

Can someone explain this to me? I had my car on the lift the other day, running in neutral, and the rear wheels were turning...slowly...but turning. Is my flywheel or clutch fubar?

<edit> Actually had the wheels/tires off, but still...

[E30_fiend]

Are you 100% sure you had it in neutral? There is no reason for the tires to spin in neutral. You may be looking at a new tranny soon. The syncros may be taking a shit or possibly the linkage.







Taylor

[StereoInstaller1]

Yeah, they will spin.

No worries.

[bmwpower]

Are you 100% sure you had it in neutral? There is no reason for the tires to spin in neutral. You may be looking at a new tranny soon. The syncros may be taking a shit or possibly the linkage.

Taylor

100% sure it was in neutral. Check twice cause I didn't believe my eyes.

Yeah, they will spin.

No worries.

Really?? You speak from experience I guess.

Anyone else?

[NC325iC]

its called friction
with the transmission out you can spin the input shaft and the output shaft will spin even in neutral, unless there is something pushing back to stop it

[StereoInstaller1]

its called friction
with the transmission out you can spin the input shaft and the output shaft will spin even in neutral, unless there is something pushing back to stop it

yup, that old devil friction.

[BMWLA]

in the real cold they will get to spining real fast even in neutral

[erik325i]

It's normal. Don't worry about it.

Erik

[bmwpower]

Ah ok, thought I was going nuts. Thanks....

[xLibelle]

seen it too

[gearheadE30]

lol, I drove an old chevy truck in 0-degree weather with a stick and it was so messed up it actually had the automatic-tranny creep going. I think the tranny blew a few months later.

[E30FreaK89]

normal! :)

[SpecM]

I too have seen this, it is kinda trippy when you don't know what's going on

[itsbrokeagain]

its normal. Really cold gearbox oil is thick, and the resultant friction on it will actually cause the output shaft to spin slightly. When the car or the box warms up, it wont spin. You can put your hand on the wheel and make it stop spinning if you like :)