1st gear thud
 

YES, i used the search before making this.

my friends been using my car the past few days. he likes to think he can drive like me and nothing bad'll happen. today he gets in and says he ran over something with my car on the freeway. says all it was is the freeway level changes and he ran over that and now my car makes a thud in 1st gear when starting out.

so i go look at my car and jack it up. i pop the hood and i got oil on the driver side wheel well. take a look under and things 'look' ok except for some the oil pan bolt looked like it had some oil collecting on it now and scratches to the bottom of the tranny. i lower it and go for a drive. 1st gear when adding gas at low rpm/speed feels like the axle is 'jumping' (driver side). front end up, the wheels spin freely by hand and with the car on in gear spins freely and feels fine, just going down the street.

any input helps a lot. i'd like to try a few things before swapping a new axle or telling him he needs to replace my transmission

96 cx, d16, lowered by prev owner drove fine until this.

Re: 1st gear thud
 

if the trans has scratches then its obvious it slammed against the ground at some point, hows the oil pan look?

Re: 1st gear thud
 

Is one of the engine/transmission mounts damaged/loose? That would def make a clunk sound while trying to start off/shift aggressively.

Re: 1st gear thud
 

ive replaced the driver side engine mount when i got the car cus it made a sound/feel like that n the rubber was trahed. im actually thinking the tranny mount may be bad now that u mention it. the oil pan shape actually looks pretty ok.

im up looking for camber kit and a good motor mount set today

Re: 1st gear thud
 

driver side motor mounts trashed, thanks for the help guys