Stupid Car Question

Tbrody

Tbrody

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I was coming down from PC today and as usual I was coastin in neutral to save gas

i drop it back into to drive and it clicks/clanks and the ball between the two back tires is smoking. Now it drives "crunchy" and is loud...

Obviously people on here must do this when they come down the canyon,

Is there anyone with experience with my problem?

(PS its a old Range Rover)
 
Your problem is that you drive an old Range Rover.....

you can fix this buy selling it and buying a Subaru or Audi.....

not that the Audi will be any cheaper to drive or cause you less hassle... i can assure you....
 
The problem is that your drive line was doing 0mph and your wheels were doing 65+mph. Putting your vehicle into drive while coasting that fast is a BAD idea. Even with a manual transmission, you should rev up the rpms to get the cluth plates moving up to speed with the rate of your wheels and axles before putting it into gear. The clunking grinding sound in your pumkin is prolly a bunch of broken off teeth.

Do not coast in an automatic vehicle and then just throw it into drive.

Sorry that you are having problems with your vehicle now. Good luck.
 
yeah...the good thing about manual is that you can push the clutch out slowly so that the RPM's dont rev so quickly...but listen to the guy above me...he is smart...or so it seems. I remember when I had an Automatic Transmisino, when I drove down parleys, i didnt put it in Neatural, I would drop it in a lower gear (2nd or something) or just take overdrive off, then yu would slow down a little and not jack up your car.
 
i think the rear differential is fried, probably when you went from a plate moving 65 to a plate moving 0 you shaved off teeth/ and or destroyed all of the differential. I agree, its going to caost at least 2 grand probably more.
 
$2000?!?! no-no-no, well it all depends on what you know or who you know. Go to an autoparts store, buy a "Chiltons" or "haynes" manual. These vehicle manuals are "tear down manuals" meaning they contain pretty much all of teh info to completely rip ur wehicle apart, then put itall back together properly.

FIrst-Isolate the problem. HOw sure are you that its your rear end? Does it ahappen in all of teh gears through teh ranges in the tranny? What about when tranny coasts in nuetral? If teh noise occurs even when in nuetral it would point me towrds the rear end def being the culprit. Or as i think you said, you can def hear its coming from back tehre.

-pull the cover off of the rear end. Be ready to catch the gear oil in a pan. Do not reuse this. As the oil drains, put a screen or fine mesh over your oil pan the oil is drianing into to catch any metal chucks so you can more easily identify whast broken.

-Then raise the rear end of teh vehicle off of teh ground (properly w/ jack stands). Put tranny in nuetral rotate rear wheels with hands (engine off). You should be able to see whats going on in the pumpkin (rear diff. From what you say, i bet you will blatently see some missing/ broken teeth off of the ring/ pinion. I dont kwo what the rear end is like on ur vehicle, it could be a spider gear set up like my jeep XJ, but nonetheless, you shoudl see teh prob.

- then its as simple as replacing whats broken, haha jk, its not always that simple to replace. Consider your abilities, time ect. I dont kwo how hard parts are to find for that, you might hav eto go to an import car parts place. Try junk yards too.

Hop ethis helped a bit, sorry fo rteh vagueness, but dont let some shady mechanic screw you over and charger an arm and a leg.
 
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