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Did I just mess up my AWD trans?

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BoostKrazy

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Apr 3, 2012
PHX, Arizona
Pulled my t case to fix the leak, and thought, "hey since my downpipe is off, it'd be a perfect time to see how I like the sound of no muffler.." so I started my car and the front tires started spinning so I shut it off quick.. is that gonna #### up my tranny? Front end was still jacked up off the floor also.
 
There is no reason that would damage your transmission at all. It dosent care if you have a load on it or not. And that short a time it wouldn't even matter if you had no fluid in it. Its all good!:thumb:
 
Nope, it's all good. This is normal for cars with manual transmissions. The wheels are spinning because with the input shaft of the tranny spinning the fluid moving around in the tranny causes the output shafts to spin.

There isn't much force behind the movement, in fact you could easily hold the wheel while in neutral and stop the rotation.
 
Urban, I would think the additional friction from all the extra stuff for the rears would overpower the small amount of friction from the fluid...

therefore, no, all 4 most likely won't spin unless its cold as crap outside.
 
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