First drive with new everything: car hops in reverse
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Just went for the first drive since the allofit swap, including 6 speed and 3.63 gears (i had a shop do the ring and pinion swap). Got back from a short autotune drive and went to back into my garage, after about 8 feet the rear of the car started to hop with a metal clinking sound that I can't think of a great way to describe the sound. I'm pretty sure i was backing in straight. Any ideas? Roast away.
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Thanks guys, I'll take it to the shop that put the diff together and ask him if he can figure it out. At least the car drives forward fine. I hope it's not me just not puttig everything in correctly. A forum friend suggested maybe it's the clutch that's grabbing and skipping, but i do want to figure it out
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What about axles? Are they new? Did you reuse them? Also, the diff gears mesh differently when they are loaded in the opposite direction. I think it could also be an issue with incorrect backlash settings. I could see it doing that if it were too loose.
Which diff mounts did you use? I think that if this were the case you would notice in forward gears too, but yet again, the entire assembly is being loaded in the opposite direction. Recheck torque/bolts on diff mounts and PPF.
Also, are you using a OE torsen, or a different LSD?
Which diff mounts did you use? I think that if this were the case you would notice in forward gears too, but yet again, the entire assembly is being loaded in the opposite direction. Recheck torque/bolts on diff mounts and PPF.
Also, are you using a OE torsen, or a different LSD?
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What about axles? Are they new? Did you reuse them? Also, the diff gears mesh differently when they are loaded in the opposite direction. I think it could also be an issue with incorrect backlash settings. I could see it doing that if it were too loose.
Which diff mounts did you use? I think that if this were the case you would notice in forward gears too, but yet again, the entire assembly is being loaded in the opposite direction. Recheck torque/bolts on diff mounts and PPF.
Also, are you using a OE torsen, or a different LSD?
Which diff mounts did you use? I think that if this were the case you would notice in forward gears too, but yet again, the entire assembly is being loaded in the opposite direction. Recheck torque/bolts on diff mounts and PPF.
Also, are you using a OE torsen, or a different LSD?
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I believe I was able to replicate the sound today while driving. I had to pull over on a narrow street to let a car come by the other way and stalled, for a second car rolled forward for a foot or two still in 1st gear and heard a similar sound towards the middle of the car. I drove for an hour today with no issues at all, nothing has blown up or flown out other than the ratchet extension i left somewhere in the engine bay that flew out when I went around a turn, but that's another story. Really puzzled by this.