I was on my way to school today, and the car broke down. I was coming out of a turn onto a main road, in second gear when I hear a slight grinding/crunching sound. The car would not accelerate anymore. With it in gear, I could press the clutch in and out and it did absolutely nothing. I pushed it off to the side... but I am at a complete loss as to what this could be.

It makes this churning noise when I push the clutch in, no matter whether in gear or neutral. The speedometer kinda bounces up when I give it gas (I believe when it was in gear).

What the hell could this be.

 

have your CV joints been giving you trouble lately?

Same thing happened to me, minus the speedometer jumping (that i recall)

Where is the sound coming from?

 

I would almost bet you killed your clutch disk, or a cv joint poped out.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Mario. &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I was coming out of a turn onto a main road, </TD></TR></TABLE>

Bingo = CV


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I just had to laugh when I heard the word crunching. Sorry

 

ALSO, I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM FROM MY AXLE FALLING OUT FROM THE TRANNY

 

It was after the turn, not through the turn.

Also, I talked to some people and have gotten the following possibilites:

-clutch disk itself (daily/street driven Centerforce 6 puck 4 months old)
-Throw out bearing
-Axle popped out even the slightest bit (1/4")

I quick checked the axles and they looked ok, however I won't be able to see 1/4" sticking out until I can take my wheel off.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by suckawillis &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">ALSO, I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM FROM MY AXLE FALLING OUT FROM THE TRANNY</TD></TR></TABLE>

Why are you yelling? Turn the caps off.

Most likely, your CV Axle/Joint popped out and/or broke.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dimi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Why are you yelling? Turn the caps off.

Most likely, your CV Axle/Joint popped out and/or broke.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Anyway to check that... will pulling off the wheel and inspecting do the trick?

I'd check right now but I don't have the damn wheel key...

-Mario

 

Well, either jack your car all the way up and place it on jack stands (both sides). Place it in 1st and see what happens from under the car. Check if the CV joint is spinning or of anything is moving.

You can try having someone look under the car from the front while you're in 1st, but you don't want something to happen as in the car launching forward for some reason spraying brain matter all over your car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Dimi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Well, either jack your car all the way up and place it on jack stands (both sides). Place it in 1st and see what happens from under the car. Check if the CV joint is spinning or of anything is moving.

You can try having someone look under the car from the front while you're in 1st, but you don't want something to happen as in the car launching forward for some reason spraying brain matter all over your car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

I'll prolly pass on the spraying brain matter, but I'll try jacking it up and just spinning it.

 

Update:

My uber cool neighbor with a modded WRX came over to take a peek at the problem. We started the car up. When in neutral, clutch in, no noise. However when letting the clutch out, the clunking noise arrived. It's coming from the driver side of the car. He listened, and said it was coming right from where the axle is at.

 

i would guess that it is most likley the axle but my friend also had a similar prob at the track and his diff blew up.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by pizzaboysos &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">i would guess that it is most likley the axle but my friend also had a similar prob at the track and his diff blew up.</TD></TR></TABLE>

Ding ding ding, we have a winner!

I just jacked up the driver side to see this:

http://www.teamelude.com/mario/axle01.avi
http://www.teamelude.com/mario/axle02.avi

 

did you check the bottom of your car? the same thign happen to me, my shift linkage feel to the floor

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by DohcSide &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">did you check the bottom of your car? the same thign happen to me, my shift linkage feel to the floor</TD></TR></TABLE>

Watch the video I previously posted.

 

id say its your axles
check them out

 

yep you can clearly see in the video that the outer CV joint is screwed..

 

Whoops missed the videos

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check them out</TD></TR></TABLE>

 

Sounds like axle popped out of tranny