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97 eclipse gst 1st gear problem

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Jramsey0023

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May 3, 2011
Elizabethtown, Kentucky
Ok I have searched every where for some sort of an answer to this I hope someone can help me out here. I have a 97 gst and it has 96,000 miles on it I recently purchased it like 3 months ago and a little while after having it I noticed a clunking sound like the engine is hitting the firewall or something to that degree like I'm in the wrong gear, the car jerks when let off the clutch going from a dead stop to first gear, if I let off real slow it dosent do it and it gets worse when the ac is on or when the engine is under a load I changed out the mounts which were bad and the tranny mount as well can someone tell me what the problem could be? Thanks for any help I can get.
 
Did you change the rear motor mount and the front motor mount?, if you did or they are good, you might have some disengagement clutch problems . And also check your CV axles, the boot can be torn.
 
Yes I made sure the rear and front mount was good I haven't checked the cv axels yet I called around to a couple of places to get opinions and one person said it sounded like clutch was warped... Idk another thing is even when say I have the car in like 3rd or 4th and push on the gas hard it sounds like it pops. I'll check the cv axels and see if that might need to be replaced

Ok I checked the cv axels and seen there was no problem there any other suggestions of what it could be

I talked to a mechanic that said it might be crankwalk I didn't think the symptoms I'm having are not the same as what is defined under crankwalk? I mean I could be wrong what does someone else think
 
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