Ridgeracer Posted November 11, 2008 Share Posted November 11, 2008 Hey all...Here is my unfortunate story. Last week I complete tore open my right front inner CV boot. So since the dealer up by me happened to have the boot in stock, I decided to have them replace it. So now about 1 week later, guess what happens. The same CV joint breaks...It drives like my clutch is slipping in all five gears. I had to drive it home real easy for 55 miles (all highway mostly)to park it at my house it CT since I was at work today (only car I own). It felt fine this morning when going to work but must have completely failed somewhere during the commute. Now my question is, what damage if any should I expect with the front diff?? "Gimme mines Balboa...Gimme mines".....Clubber Lang - Mr. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgeracer Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 I take it not too much since its an open diff. (5mt)?? What about the center diff.? "Gimme mines Balboa...Gimme mines".....Clubber Lang - Mr. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 ^ but the center diff has a hump mode where when the liquid heats up too much, the metal surfaces will bind and cause the center diff to lockup. it stays that way untill the diff/fluid cools down Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Impulse Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 from "vacation pix" for reference: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucas569 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 hump mode... alright..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgeracer Posted November 12, 2008 Author Share Posted November 12, 2008 Hey thanks for the info guys. I guess if we had an LSD up front I wouldn't have noticed it that much. "Gimme mines Balboa...Gimme mines".....Clubber Lang - Mr. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frank_ster Posted November 15, 2008 Share Posted November 15, 2008 to me it sounds like the axel that they changed the boot on wasn't properly putback in . and it poped out .. the clutch slippage that you are feeling is mostlikely the center diffrential clutch, yes i'm sure it will tighten up a bit when oil gets hot .. but not enough to drive your car around .. you realy shouldn't be driving it in that case .. jack up the 1 front wheel in question put he car in gear and turn the wheel .. if you can .. there is definatly a problem there .. and go check is the axel is properly put back in .. Now that's thinking out of the boxer! fyi all 05 + legacy's have built in code reader Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rao Posted November 16, 2008 Share Posted November 16, 2008 +1 Rob IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR CAR YOU SHOULD NEVER DRIVE IT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridgeracer Posted November 16, 2008 Author Share Posted November 16, 2008 Hey sorry guys. Update...I had the car towed back to the dealership (flatbed of course..plus they knew how to load a lowered car pretty darn well..lol). The inner spline shaft that goes into the stub shaft has a c-clip to hold it in. Clip broke in two. Splines were fine as well as the tripod joint. I think they reused the original the first time around. Anyways all is good.... "Gimme mines Balboa...Gimme mines".....Clubber Lang - Mr. T Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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