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Old 5-5-08, 23:25   #1 (permalink)
PGTF2T
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Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: Canada GTA, Canada
Age: 19
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so my tranny went...

well a little history my ball joint pass side has been bad for a few weeks got some new lower control arms off eBay for cheap with new ball joints, and every time i shift gears feels like engine is flexing like mad, must be rear motor mount.

So on Sunday i was coming home from a buddy's and haven't gave it [shizzle] in a long time due to problems, i just go to work basically. and i gave it two 0-120KM runs one to a stop sign, then from the stop sign. well it was a straight road from the stop sign. later on down the road at about 2500rpm just cruising going 80ishKM my engine starts to rock back and forth, shaking alot, so i down shift to 4th thinking maybe my motor mount is toast or 5th gear is going, seems fine, then suddenly it does it again, so go to 5th and try to make it not come back.

my turn comes up and i make a right; down shift to second, and accelerate threw the turn, and the wheel binds up, jumps and makes a thud as if the engine bottomed out where mount should be, so i immediately clutch in and go to 3rd and start to limp home.

its a straight road about 15kms to town, not more than 5 minutes after turning onto the road my car starts pulling hard to the left, so i hold it hard to the right, i don't want to whip the wheel back and forth to try to unbind it because I'm afraid my ball joint just went and my wheel might fly off lol, not having CAA i keep going.

I get into town and to my street without turning the wheel more then 5cm each way since wheel binding up(straight road), i slow down for my turn down shift to 2nd and the wheel binds up again and hops a few times around the corner, the engine jumps around all the way to my house, i park it.

On Monday i install my lower control arms, new front sway bar end links, and a rear motor mount, i tightened the lower control arm bushings to much with the suspension under no load and the car is about 3 inches to high lol, so i take it down the road to make sure i can take it to work tomorrow and the problem is still there. also now when i clutch in the tranny makes noises as if a belt is squealing, and the problems are even worse. so could be axles binding up (not likely) or something in tranny went (diff pin?).

if you have any ideas as to what it could be thanks for the input. sorry for the long read just wanted to fully explain what happened.

Brandon

Last edited by PGTF2T : 5-5-08 at 23:31. Reason: edited to save eyes (messy)

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