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My moms truck has an issue with either the transmission mount, or the universal joints, and I don't know which it would be. I/she doesn't have a haynes manual, so I'm hoping someone here knows how to troubleshoot the issue.
At first she said the clutch was going bad, but that was her opinion and she doesn't know anything about vehicles, at all. I drove it the other day, and the clutch is engaging/disengaging fine,
1) the split second the clutch petal is all the way released, it jerks a little. (like a cv joint going bad)
2) When your cruising, if you let off the gas and reapply the gas it will jump a little there too. (like a cv joint)
3) with the engine shut off or running but sitting on a slight incline rolling foward really easy, and with the clutch petal fully depressed, when you shift it into/out of any gear it will jerk a little.
I replaced the cv/driveaxel on my aspire and it cleared up most of the jerking I was getting, but theres still a little left which is in the tranny mount, I've replaced almost the whole front end so that's the last thing it could be.
I really don't think it's the clutch, I wasn't easy on it when I drove it, I broke the tire loose sliding around a corner or two, and nailed it from a dead stop running to 5-6k rpm (redline) keeping it in the upper rpm ranges thru 4th gear, a couple times, there wasn't any slipping at all.
It doesn't always jerk when shifting either, if you baby it it doesn't hardly happen at all.
So my question is, how can I tell if it's a bad transmission mount or U joint? The mount looks solid, and I don't know what to do with the driveshaft to see if it has any extra play.
At first she said the clutch was going bad, but that was her opinion and she doesn't know anything about vehicles, at all. I drove it the other day, and the clutch is engaging/disengaging fine,
1) the split second the clutch petal is all the way released, it jerks a little. (like a cv joint going bad)
2) When your cruising, if you let off the gas and reapply the gas it will jump a little there too. (like a cv joint)
3) with the engine shut off or running but sitting on a slight incline rolling foward really easy, and with the clutch petal fully depressed, when you shift it into/out of any gear it will jerk a little.
I replaced the cv/driveaxel on my aspire and it cleared up most of the jerking I was getting, but theres still a little left which is in the tranny mount, I've replaced almost the whole front end so that's the last thing it could be.
I really don't think it's the clutch, I wasn't easy on it when I drove it, I broke the tire loose sliding around a corner or two, and nailed it from a dead stop running to 5-6k rpm (redline) keeping it in the upper rpm ranges thru 4th gear, a couple times, there wasn't any slipping at all.
It doesn't always jerk when shifting either, if you baby it it doesn't hardly happen at all.
So my question is, how can I tell if it's a bad transmission mount or U joint? The mount looks solid, and I don't know what to do with the driveshaft to see if it has any extra play.
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