ok well today i went to lunch with one of my sgts.. hes leaving to another base. Well on the way back i had to make a hard right turn to dodge a van (i think thats what finally did it). Anyways on the way back it starts grinding at lower speeds. And then while i turn either way it seems to release itself, the wheel or something, and slip then grab, then slip then grab, and each time it grabs it rough and feels like when i stall, just a hard jolting. aND when it grabs its a prety loud pop. Then it drives semi fine straight but i have to hold the wheel or it swerves over off the road sharply, and i has some grinding and what not at lower speeds. The car shifts fine tho so im not thinking its the tranny. And when its pulling its hard to pull back straight kind of like the feeling with no perstearing but when its, what feels like alined, it will turn ok. So im thinking cv, axel, no so much the wheel bearing now?, strut mounts broken and the struts moving around in there? I dont really have a clue.. I got out and kicked and pulled on the wheel and it seems solid enough. Any idea?S?
ps. not sure where to put this, im guessing this is the problem so i put it in this forum =)
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98' Pontiac Sunfire SE
CV joint.....like when u turn does it lockup in that position after u turn back to go straight??
you scratch my ride IMA EAT YO CHILDREN
yes it did some times, then when i was goin straight the wheel would be like at an angle but going straight and fighting me, then i would wiggle the car and the wheel would go normal and the car went straight
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98' Pontiac Sunfire SE
yeah the CV joint let go.
Gilles
2.3 Ho
damn, sucks too.. i needed it to hold out like one more month... just for @!#$s and giggles anyone else have an opinion? im prety sure its cv tho...
anyone replaced them?
and is a cv the same as an axel? i was going to buy the part from the driveshaft shop. And im still confused. Because i looked down there today to see what was wrong and theres the a arm that goes to the wheel, and two rods, one in the middle of the wheel and one that seems like what would turn the wheel right and left. What all needs replacing then?
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98' Pontiac Sunfire SE
cv is an axle....its 156 bucks from AAP....i just replaced mine last week in my 2.4 cav
you scratch my ride IMA EAT YO CHILDREN
jbody performance, or driveshaft shop? anyone have experience? i cant see puting a stock one in... i just cant... lol
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98' Pontiac Sunfire SE
A stock or OEM replacement should hold up just fine.
the "performance" axle available for our car are just ripp off. Stock one handle over 300hp fine.
Gilles
2.3 Ho
Make sure and get an alignment done after you replace it.
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Madjack wrote:Like I said before, building an engine like ours (2.2 or 2200) is a painstaking chore , since there is so few custom made parts. It's frustrating to me too, but that's what I like about doing this engine, it's the challenge.
anyone have the part number for the stock cv axles? i think you guys finally convinced me to go with the stockers... and, because i want the team green lsd too and cant afford both lsd and stage 2 cv's
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98' Pontiac Sunfire SE
if you only unhook the ball joint, you don't need an alignment
Gilles
2.3 Ho
the early cars had a 2 piece right axle , that made each half shaft similar in length
im not sure what year droped the 2 piece right shafts
well it wasnt the axles after all... the picture should do the talking
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98' Pontiac Sunfire SE
holy crap my car is doin the same thing...i replaced the axle but it did nuthing...wat are those broke peices called..i wonderr if im having the same problem
you scratch my ride IMA EAT YO CHILDREN
Sorry I did nt see this sooner. I had this happen to my 97 Z24. It has the diff.
FU Tuning
i just got back from the shop....metal chucnks came out when he drained the fluid....so i think im having the same problem...does anyone kno how hard it is to replace these spider gears?
you scratch my ride IMA EAT YO CHILDREN
My trans just blew as well, i'm highly thinking this is the fault...can the diff be removed with the tranaxle still in place??
i did have the same problem...now i just have to find out what thoe metal chunks might have hit and if she needs full rebuild or not
you scratch my ride IMA EAT YO CHILDREN
yea my tranny was unfixable.......im sad.....
but i found a rebuilt tranny for 850......
sux i have to drop 1200 on a car i just got a 3800 dollar loan on......but @!#$ happens.....
jared is urs fixable??.....he said those broken peices of those gears bounced around too much and destryed my internals
you scratch my ride IMA EAT YO CHILDREN
Bye Bye diff.
Typical in the J-body. Had I seen thiis post sooner, i'd have corrected everyone. I've lived through that..... twice. Heh. Usually can pick a good tranny up from a yard for a few hundred bucks though.
well i just wanna get this new tranny in and get this beast back on the road....
you scratch my ride IMA EAT YO CHILDREN
they are rebuilding it, ground up... all new gears etc.. i miss my car =(
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98' Pontiac Sunfire SE
I actually just put my spare tranny in yesturday..i tore the faulty one apart, the spiders gears in my other one just stripped completely..hehe one gear is completely flat.
think i'm just gonna keep the gear shaft assemblies for a 2.4/2.2 setup
ne-waz..i'm kinda lucky i had another tranny in my garage..but good-luck to you guys
