okay, so i inspected things, and it doesnt look to good down there; i got lots of work ahead of me.



first off, i have no idea if the diff mounts are any good. the diff felt secure, and the mount looked good i guess. however, i did find the source of another problem: my car oscillates when i let off and then apply the gas. so i felt the driveshaft, and yep, HUGE amounts of play. here are my results:



1. with the ebrake on and in gear, no play in drive shaft

2. with the ebrake off and in gear, play in wheels (2-3 deg) while the shaft remained stationary

3. with the ebrake on and out of gear, wheels remained locked (duh) and i could rotates the shaft 5-10 deg.

4. with free movement, if i oscillated the wheels back and forth, i was met with pings and what not as there was hesitation before the wheels engaged the shaft.



any ideas? obviously its in the diff, but where?



i have included some pics; i got the digi cam, figure why not use it.

and my perty new suspension...

and a vauge pic of the diff mount

and finally, i think i have realized the source of another problem: rear end bump steer. i figured it was due to old toe bushings, and this pic sums that up. i got the derilin RB bushings, just a matter of time before i put them in

my car just started to do the same thing recentely, get on the gas and shifts to the right, let off and goes back to the left, i guess its the diff

mine doesn't steer when i apply throttle, just knocks, the sound of play in my drivetrain. its annoying, and i think that combined with a loose muffer and old rear bushings is the source of my noisy problems. oh well, at least my car is fast and handles great, less the misaligned front end



if only i had no job and lots of money...

check your ujoints too thats what made mine clunk

i rotated my driveshaft, no noise. i tried moving it around, no play. the joints seemed good, all i noticed was the play between the shaft and the wheels. i'd rather not throw away $350 b/c i "think" the joints are bad.

The title of this thread is so wrong, but your suspension is soo shiny! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...1047683329.gif

well the diff mount is bad if you can push up on the front of the diff and it moves. if your driveshaft "pings" when you turn it is prolly u joints. the 5-10 degrees of play in the rear end is pretty normal, its the back lash between the ring and pinione`



mike

oui! mike is french now!



If the rear diff mount is bad enough, the prop shaft will move in and out of the gearbox about an inch. I saw mine doing it and had the car towed to a shop

this much play doesn't seem normal, it makes a lots of noise while driving. at certain speeds (the natural frequency of this problem, i suppose), when i step on the gas, the back end oscillates between the prop shaft driving the wheels and the wheels driving the shaft...its quite annoying.



such is life, i dont have the time and money to troubleshoot a problem. if i was rich and had a 2nd car, i'd rebuild the whole rear drivetrain and suspension, but such is life. good thing i only drive this thing like twice a week during the school year, it's not a very comfortable daily driver.



oh well, i'll just stick with fixing things that i know need work, like my brakes and exhaust. screw the diff, it works good enough right now.

ogh! looks so vulnerable with the ass in the air like that..

I can't believe you went there.... https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/wacko.png

He started it.. I was gonna say if he had to scrub it.. but...

I am gonna fondle my car a bit during the week..