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Subject:Re: Fw: Heeeellllppp!!! (trans/final drive)
From:David Beierl
Date:Tue, 4 May 1999 15:55:42 -0400

At , Jed Thompson wrote:
>the CV joint or something else easy and cheap.  It just seems odd that i get
>clanging whenthe van is in gear but I'm not moving.  There souldn't be
>anyting turning in the final drive when I'm not moving should there?  I've

Jed, if you're in gear but stopped, the engine is trying to turn the
wheels.  It can't b/c you have the brakes on.  But if one of the axles is
disconnected, the output shaft on that side is free to turn, and it will.

d
David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net