Car will not move

[girlieracr4g63]

I have searched for similiar cases and have found nothing. Goes as follows. I have just gotten a 95 gst. The motor runs and the car is in great shape and never modded. The only replacement of course is a ACT 2600 and ACT flywheel. Once running you can place it in any gear and the car doesnt move at all, nor does it make any type of noise(grinding, etc). It has clutch pressure, slave isnt leaking, master is new. Stated from the previous owner that it ran strong for almost a year then one day it wouldnt go anymore so he parked it in his back yard. There it has sat for 8 months or so. Please advise.

Im sure that I will have to pull the tranny but I didnt know if anyone has had a similiar problem that was an easier fix?

Thanks,
Wendy

 

[1stGenRocks]

from the way you describe it im guessing you can push it but it cant move under its own power? does the engine slwo down at all when you let out the clutch in gear? have you tried giving it a few quick revs and see if it moves at all or makes any noise?

 

[girlieracr4g63]

from the way you describe it im guessing you can push it but it cant move under its own power? does the engine slwo down at all when you let out the clutch in gear? have you tried giving it a few quick revs and see if it moves at all or makes any noise?

Yeah it will roll and no the RPMs dont drop. I even tried the quick revs. Still nothing.


Wendy

 

[Spoolin4Ever]

Just taking a wild guess here; but it sounds like the clutch install was not done properly.

 

[SleeperG]

seperated axle perhaps?

 

[girlieracr4g63]

Crazy thing is the car drove for about 1 year before it ran no more after the install of the ACT parts.

When I get home I will check the drive axle and make sure its not broken or seperated.

Any additional info will be appriciated
Thanks again,
Wendy

 

[Nanan]

It sounds like the input shaft is broken somewhere in the tranny case enough to hold the clutch in place. If an axle was broken it would make noise like a wherrrr or a clunking.

 

[Ultimatedsm]

If your actual disc is worn out enough, it can cause that sympthom. Did you install the clutch assembly correctly? The hat side out right? It is possible that the input shaft is completely broken as well.

 

[girlieracr4g63]

This is my first 2g (as you see in my profile). I actually bought the car in this condition 3 days ago and trying to find the time to work on it while working during the day. I am trying to get other peoples opinions on what they might think will possibly be the verdict. Checked the axles and they are fine like stated in post above (due to no noise). Thank you so much guys for the input and I will follow up with details as I go along in the process.

Keep the info coming and hopefully I will have time over the weekend to atleast pull the tranny to get some insight.

Thanks,
Wendy

 

[larsrya8]

It sounds like the input shaft is broken somewhere in the tranny case enough to hold the clutch in place. If an axle was broken it would make noise like a wherrrr or a clunking.

When my axle broke it made a quiet ticking noise... like lifter tick, except it varied with speed instead of RPM. I wouldn't have even suspected it, except for the fact that it was obviously seperated inside the boot (wheel and axle turned seperately).

Does the speedometer rise with RPMs while in gear?

 

[Nanan]

The first two times I broke axles it was the splines stripping off of the axle shafts, the axles turned in the CV cups and made a wherr sound. The third time I snapped an axle the thing broke cleanly right before the spline section on the outboard cup, the axle wacked against the suspension ergo the clunking.

I have never seen a clutch go from drivable to undrivable in one shot with out comming apart which is rather obvious.

I would have to ask...

Does the clutch still feel normal? This would remove the idea of all 6/7 bolts breaking off the crank/flexplate/flywheel or snapping the end of the crank off.

Does speed register on the dash? if so then this eliminates basicly everything up to the front diff but not the front diff.

If it is the front diff the speed sensor will still register as the pickup ring is on the front diff. It could be the front diff is blown, you would hear metal crunching sounds I would think. When I broke my center diff it sounded like a coffee can full of bolts being shaken.

If none of the above I default to my original suspicion that the input shaft snapped.

 

[girlieracr4g63]

OK, Get this! I got home today and cranked the car and the clutch engaged. Drove it around the block once then around again then nothing....just revs. Then it popped and then it had power again. Got home jacked up the passenger side to check axle and saw this.
Does this look right? The axle doesnt look like it goes on this car (passengerside).
Looks like its too short. The axle will not go in any farther.

 

[Nanan]

Um I cant really tell from the pix if that is an aftermarket cup or not, some of the cheap pos autozone axles look funky. The cup should be very close to the tranny, I would guess that the cup poped out of the trans? See if you can push the axle shaft back into the tranny, it should be held in with a ring clip on the end of the shaft by the splines. If some one forgot to put the clip on then I could see the axle shaft poping out of the trans.

 

[girlieracr4g63]

Yeah Ive changed a few axles on my 1g's, and thats why I was confused. Ive never seen one look like this. I did try to push it back in and it wont go any farther. Guess I will pull it tomorrow (fun fun). Im guessing the splines are probably burred or destroyed on the axle by now. Maybe I will luck up though and the tranny splines will be ok. Thanks again for the input guys.


Wendy

 

[girlieracr4g63]

If you have looked at this thread can you tell me if the picture looks right? I really done know how the axle is suppose to look on a 2g. Looking at the other side of the tranny, the hub(larger part) is right up against the tranny.

Thanks,
Wendy