90 Stanza.. Transmission Problem??

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tinaslynn
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Joined: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:19 am

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Looking for some troubleshooting advice...90 Stanza, M/T, FWD

Started having noise in front end when driving... coming from right side tire... was told the wheel bearing would be bad... checked it.. Yes, there was a lot of play in the tire/knuckle... so I replaced the spindle and ball joint and checked the cv axle (fairly new with less than 200 miles on it)... noise is still there... here's what it does..

Upon acceleration, the noise gets louder (this is while in driving motion.. checked all this with tires off ground in all gears)... the drive axle shakes causing the tire to shake very badly and sometimes will hang up or stop rotating for a moment or two... the noise is prominent in the transmission. I visually checked the bearing on the inside of the transmission that the drive axle rotates on and it looked ok... since I am not savvy on internal transmission or engine parts, I'm looking for ideas on what would cause this. The left side tire/axle is fine.. its all concentrated on the right side. I cannot find a diagram of the internal parts of the transmission anywhere... any ideas or suggestions would be most appreciated!!!Thanks!T


tinaslynn
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Joined: Wed Mar 08, 2006 10:19 am

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Took car to transmission shop.. Mechanic said he doesnt believe its the transmission but the motor mounts. I already knew the mounts were bad.. got the right front one already and waiting on the rear mount to come in. Would the rear mount being that bad cause such a shudder in my drive axle? This is new to me... but I'm gonna replace both mounts and see if it helps... At least the shop was honest and didnt try to sell me a transmission

180fan
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Joined: Sat Dec 14, 2002 12:16 pm
Car: 89 fastback

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yeah mounts can cause the engine to move, transmission to move and since your axles are connected to your transmission, yes it can cause the shudder


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