moduleunknown
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Pulling in to the garage last night, I noticed a light clunking/clicking in the front while turning (at a low speed crawl). It felt like it was on the driver side. First thought, maybe an axle, i'll check it out tomorrow.
Now today, which just happens to be "tomorrow", i had to take the car out to run a couple errands. During this time, this issue progressively worsened. By the time I got home and was again slowly pulling up to the place, the sound had turned into a knocking that I could feel. It felt like something suspension related was loose, or maybe an axle was just toast.
So up in the air the car went! Looking around underneath I couldn't find anything that looked or felt loose. After wiggling, jiggling, yanking, and tugging on everything, I then proceeded to turning... It was at that point I said "uh-oh" as I was able to keep spinning the front wheels with the back on the ground. Also, when I'd grab a wheel and start turning, there was a bit of play - spin it a bit, hear a clank, then the opposing wheel would start to spin. Now, I also noticed that the driveshaft would twitch ever so slightly when spinning a wheel in either direction...
At this point all four corners went up in the air. I started the car, put it in gear and sure enough, FWD status. In fact, the front passenger side would spin as expected in relation to rpm/throttle and the driver side would slowly drag along. Additionally, it was much harder to get in gear while in the air, would sometimes make a grinding/crunchy noise when trying to put in in 1st. Once in first, clutch out, and me outside looking around, there was a horrible screeching sound and the car stalled out.
That was the end of it. I walked away at that point and decided I'd drop the transfer case tomorrow and go from there...
Any ideas? What steps can I take to pinpoint the issue and diagnose properly before just taking things apart one by one.
Now today, which just happens to be "tomorrow", i had to take the car out to run a couple errands. During this time, this issue progressively worsened. By the time I got home and was again slowly pulling up to the place, the sound had turned into a knocking that I could feel. It felt like something suspension related was loose, or maybe an axle was just toast.
So up in the air the car went! Looking around underneath I couldn't find anything that looked or felt loose. After wiggling, jiggling, yanking, and tugging on everything, I then proceeded to turning... It was at that point I said "uh-oh" as I was able to keep spinning the front wheels with the back on the ground. Also, when I'd grab a wheel and start turning, there was a bit of play - spin it a bit, hear a clank, then the opposing wheel would start to spin. Now, I also noticed that the driveshaft would twitch ever so slightly when spinning a wheel in either direction...
At this point all four corners went up in the air. I started the car, put it in gear and sure enough, FWD status. In fact, the front passenger side would spin as expected in relation to rpm/throttle and the driver side would slowly drag along. Additionally, it was much harder to get in gear while in the air, would sometimes make a grinding/crunchy noise when trying to put in in 1st. Once in first, clutch out, and me outside looking around, there was a horrible screeching sound and the car stalled out.
That was the end of it. I walked away at that point and decided I'd drop the transfer case tomorrow and go from there...
Any ideas? What steps can I take to pinpoint the issue and diagnose properly before just taking things apart one by one.