need drivetrain help asap!!
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Le Mans Master
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From: dudley MA
need drivetrain help asap!!
long story short. i put the transmition and rear back on the car, filled them up with fuids. installed the shifter. put the car in first gear and tried to rotate the rear tires. there locked. im thinkin good. i go to put my asp super damper on the crank. the crank is still spinning in first gear. WTF. what the hell is going on. help!! also with the super damper, the front part of it is moving will the back part stays still. WTF, i need help. today is not my day 
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From: dudley MA
no response. i was hoping someone had a majic answer for me,damn. i guess ill have rip it apart again and check the torque tube. i bet that SOB snapped to pieces like the rest of the drive train some one doesnt like me very much with this car
some one doesnt like me very much with this car
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Wait. The flywheel should spin when you turn the crank. If you have an M6 maybe your PP isn't on the flywheel. I HOPE it's not the torque tube. But you can see that stuff through the inspection cover without having to take anything off. Also, something really stupid... Is your emergency brake on?
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From: dudley MA
Originally Posted by ArKay99
Wait. The flywheel should spin when you turn the crank. If you have an M6 maybe your PP isn't on the flywheel. I HOPE it's not the torque tube. But you can see that stuff through the inspection cover without having to take anything off. Also, something really stupid... Is your emergency brake on?
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Originally Posted by pdd000
i tried the emergency brake on and off. the flywheel spins with the crank in first gear but the back tires are locked. i can inspect the torque tube without taking it apart?? i have an m6
No.. Damn dude, you are having some bad luck..
But I would go over the simple stuff again before you dooms-day your project..
Are you sure the car is really in gear? Issue w/ the linkage?
Also, I can tell you from what I've heard folks are putting the cars in 5th or 6th gear (not 1st) and still they have to have a second person standing on the brakes to keep the car from driving off the jack stands..
I don't know if this applies to your situation, i.e. if you are at the "Tq to 200+ lbs" point in the install yet.
If you are sure the clutch and the trans are o.k., maybe there is something going on in the tube.. But you really can't tell what it looks like without pulling the trans again.
And are you sure the crank is really spinning, and not something going on with the dampner?
Good luck, we are rooting for you!
Last edited by Dan_the_C5_Man; Mar 11, 2005 at 11:30 PM.
