Sauce Dog
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- Dec 27, 2017
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Kokomo,
Indiana
I recently purchased a '98 Spyder GS-T and I've already gone over it and done some basic mechanical upgrades. Now, I'm a young guy just getting into cars but I figured, "What better way to get into cars, than hands on experience?". I have replaced the rotors and pads in the rear with ceramic pads, and I also went ahead and put in new wheel hubs and bearings as well. While I had the car on the lift (not mine), I noticed that the sway bar links in the front were missing on the driver's side! After getting those on, I saw that the boot on the CV axle was torn.
So, that brings me to my problem.
I thought it may be a CV axle, but the following problem doesn't happen when i have my foot on the clutch; whenever the car is in gear and I'm driving, there is a rapid "clunk" or a "click" coming from underneath the car on the driver's side. I thought it may be a CV axle because the boot was torn on that side, but there is no slop or play in the CV axle. Also, the fact that the problem only seems to happen when I'm in gear leads me to think it's transmission.
I'm in over my head.
My question; is the transmission f***ed? Can I do anything to confirm it's the transmission? How do I figure out what transmission my car has? Is it hard to swap with low end tools, and can it be fixed relatively cheaply?
I love the car and want to see her restored to the pretty japanese girl she once was. I just don't know where to start.
So, that brings me to my problem.
I thought it may be a CV axle, but the following problem doesn't happen when i have my foot on the clutch; whenever the car is in gear and I'm driving, there is a rapid "clunk" or a "click" coming from underneath the car on the driver's side. I thought it may be a CV axle because the boot was torn on that side, but there is no slop or play in the CV axle. Also, the fact that the problem only seems to happen when I'm in gear leads me to think it's transmission.
I'm in over my head.
My question; is the transmission f***ed? Can I do anything to confirm it's the transmission? How do I figure out what transmission my car has? Is it hard to swap with low end tools, and can it be fixed relatively cheaply?
I love the car and want to see her restored to the pretty japanese girl she once was. I just don't know where to start.
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