bad cv/bad trans question
 

if my old transmission would roll back and forth in park, and turns out one of the axles seperated at the first boot, would that still be a bad transmission? the reason i ask is because when i replaced my friends axle in her taurus a few months back, the car would actually roll back in park, untill theyput it against a curb, but when i replaced the axle, it was fine. hers had completey shattered everything in the outer boot. is there a possibility my transmission wasnt even bad? the rear tires wouldnt drive anymore, the winter before my brother was doing donuts in the snow, and then lost drive to the rear wheels, so those werent turning under their own power when the trans went bad anyhow. just wondering. old trans is already out and new one is ready to go in anyhow, but im just wondering if this is a possibility.

Re: bad cv/bad trans question
 

Hey Raul, I should have thought of this initially. If he lost power to the rear wheels doing donuts, he probably was driving it rough and blew the front differential after the rear wheels stopped receiving power and the front was taking all of the stress.

Re: bad cv/bad trans question
 

even if the rear tires stopped getting power about 6 months before the final problem that left it parked?

Re: bad cv/bad trans question
 

Yes. If there was only power going to the front wheels and he got the front wheels spinning, that can sheer the teeth right off the diff and it may not happen the first time or even the 1000th time, but it can and does happen to people at anytime. Also that would mean that the front wheels would have nothing to "lock" them up when the transmission is in park.

Re: bad cv/bad trans question
 

ah. i was pretty sure it was bad with the metal bits i found in the trans fluid and all. not sure what to do with the old trans now, lol.

Re: bad cv/bad trans question
 

Well if You were to find metal chunks, those should all still be in the diff case and fluid if you were to drain that. As for the old trans, take it in for scrap since I doubt its any good as a core if you were finding metal chunks:(

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ah well. itll make a nice paperweight.

Re: bad cv/bad trans question
 

I have made quite a nice bit of shop decoration using 2 brat tranny interior gearsets, and differencials and pistons hanging on some water piping with the engine block as the base, kinda cool, this stuff is to cool to throw away.........G