Blown differential or axle?

[Reds197]

Jack up the back and spin the tires by hand and listen. It sounds like a halfshaft or driveshaft failure to me.

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[SD_GT]

Local mechanic shop. I had the McLeod unit installed with a brand new OEM slave cylinder as well.

 

[SD_GT]

Jack up the back and spin the tires by hand and listen. It sounds like a halfshaft or driveshaft failure to me.

Car was towed to ford last night. I'd much rather it be something along those lines than a transmission or clutch. What leads you to believe that it's a half shaft or driveshaft?

 

[rvlyssup]

Is the squeal from the front or rear? It does sound like your brakes are still engaged therefore dragging and making the noise.

Sounds to me like when you launched forward during line lock and you aborted it, the brake system did not fully disengage. From my limited knowledge of the LL feature, only the front brakes are fully applied so one care freely spin the rear wheels.

 

[SD_GT]

Is the squeal from the front or rear? It does sound like your brakes are still engaged therefore dragging and making the noise.

Sounds to me like when you launched forward during line lock and you aborted it, the brake system did not fully disengage. From my limited knowledge of the LL feature, only the front brakes are fully applied so one care freely spin the rear wheels.

That was my whole initial theory, the brakes never disengaged thus why the car would barely let me creep forward after aborting the LL. As soon as the car jumped forward I let off the throttle and put the clutch down. The thing is, if the brakes were dragging, why would I be able to push the car smoothly in neutral?

 

[rvlyssup]

That was my whole initial theory, the brakes never disengaged thus why the car would barely let me creep forward after aborting the LL. As soon as the car jumped forward I let off the throttle and put the clutch down. The thing is, if the brakes were dragging, why would I be able to push the car smoothly in neutral?

Ah...missed that part. I've never tried LL, doubt I ever will even though I am sure it is safe to do so 110% percent. (after all, that is what the car is designed to do)

Other than the brakes dragging, something probably broke within the transmission itself. If the car coasts just fine in neutral with no noise, then it is probably not from the driveshaft back.

Hopefully the dealer gets back to you soon with some sorta good news. Good Luck & keep us posted. :cheers:

 

[SD_GT]

The odd thing is that I was able to push the car perfectly fine it first as well. That's not right. Haha

 

[SD_GT]

Just spoke to a service advisor at Kearny Pearson Ford. He said it'll be $150 inspection fee IF the failure is due to the installation of my new clutch from an independent shop. If it's something they can cover under warranty, it will be free.

 

[2morrow]

Nice!

 

[SD_GT]

Nice!

I've got my fingers crossed hoping everything works out! I guess the transmission warranty is not voided due to the clutch since they didn't touch the internals of the transmission during the clutch swap. At least, that's my assumption.

 

[rvlyssup]

I've got my fingers crossed hoping everything works out! I guess the transmission warranty is not voided due to the clutch since they didn't touch the internals of the transmission during the clutch swap. At least, that's my assumption.

Did you tell the SA about using the LL when it happened?

 

[SD_GT]

Now my question is - if I get in writing that a component failed due to the independent shop's clutch install, will I have a shot at getting the shop to warranty their work? I'm out of the 30-day warranty period at this point.

 

[SD_GT]

Did you tell the SA about using the LL when it happened?

Negative. I backed out of it so fast I didn't even get a burnout. Start to finish was sub-3 seconds.

 

[rvlyssup]

Negative. I backed out of it so fast I didn't even get a burnout. Start to finish was sub-3 seconds.

I was about to say...too short of a duration me thinks. Whatever broke probably would've reared its ugly head on a hard launch from a stoplight.

 

[SD_GT]

I was about to say...too short of a duration me thinks. Whatever broke probably would've reared its ugly head on a hard launch from a stoplight.

Amen. Now I'm anxiously awaiting the verdict. They said they had a tough time even moving the car off the tow truck. Haha

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