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Old 04-09-2009, 05:22 PM
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What locked my front wheels?

I have a 92 LSI with 189,000 miles. This morning I manage to lose all my tranny fluid. THE car started and would not move forward or reverse. I had it taken to my shop and was told that it needed 4 qts of tranny fluid, and the front end was still locked! Does someone have any idea of what can cause this problem! FOrgot to mention, I had the tranny rebuilt 2 yrs ago, and it only has approx 9K on it. Thanks!
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Old 04-09-2009, 05:32 PM
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Re: What locked my front wheels?

Something in the trans or the front diff is siezed up.
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Old 04-09-2009, 06:05 PM
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Re: What locked my front wheels?

The question is how did you lose all your fluid and over what period of time and mileage? You could have damaged a lot of internals.
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Old 04-10-2009, 06:19 AM
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Re: What locked my front wheels?

I'm going with "completely toasted transmission" on this one.
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Old 04-14-2009, 06:54 PM
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Re: What locked my front wheels?

Update: The problem was caused by the front diff housing getting a crack. It seems my daughter hit a pothole hard enough to crack the casing. Luckily, no damage to the transmission! Lucky. Thanks
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