Well, I am new to this forum and also new to Hondas. I recently bought a 1989 Civic Hatchback with a JDM B16A swap with T3/T4 turbo. I was also told that the tranny was a Y1 w/LSD. My problem is that after having the car a couple weeks, I believe the tranny went out.

That is why I have come here. I like to do work myself and if there is anything I can do instead of buying a new tranny, that would be great.

The situation is that I stopped on a hill, and with now prior indications of a problem, when I started to pull away, I made it about 8 inches and the car seemed to hit an invisible wall. I can move the shifter through all the gears, and can take off in 1st, 2nd, and 3rd but with the same result. I only make it about 8 inches. With the car in neutral, clutch pushed in, and e-brake off, it wouldn't roll back down the hill. I just bounce between two walls about 8 inches apart.

I just got the car back to my workshop an when the front end is jacked up, I can spin the wheel by had with no problems. Drivers and passengers side wheels both spin forward and backward with no trouble, but if you start the car and put it in gear, it hits that wall and won't spin.

Well, I dropped the tranny and it doesn't look good.





I guess my next question is, is there a snap ring somewhere on the drive shaft under the throwout bearing? I can't seem to get the housing off. I can get it half and inch and then it won't go any further.

 

exploded diff bearing, not gonna be cheap.

Spread the snap ring and cases will come apart.

 

Looks like this may be an easy fix. I guess my question is, "What the heck do you call the rod going through the center of the diff. The allen set screw broke and that rod slid out the side of the diff and broke some casing ribs(all the metal I found) and then got far enough out that it got stuck between larger parts of the casing. The rod is bent a little bit but I might be able to fix that unless it is cheap and easily accessable.

 

Replace the diff.

P.S. That's just a stock open diff, not an LSD.