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so i took my speed6 into a mazda dealership. it had started to clunk quite bad, whenever the rear diff would engage. and by clunk, sometimes i mean slam! before i took it in i reached under my car and grabbed the driveline (thinking it was play in the yoke or something) and attempted to twist the driveline..it was tight with no play, but in doing so i happened to pull the diff to the side....
ya you read that right..the differential wiggles about 3" or more from side to side!!
and the slam..i'm pretty sure was the diff actually moving far enough to hit the exhaust that runs nearby..as well as probably my rear axles getting tore up, and who knows what other amounts of damage were caused.
good news is, its under warranty.
bad news is, they are taking forever...and i'm worried they won't look everything over for damage, and it will catch up about when my warranty is up lol.
the tech called yesterday and told me that "some bolts inside the diff sheared off"..i asked him simply how that happens, and how bolts INSIDE the diff secure it in place.."i don't know"...(rlaugh)...so instead of calling him a helpless little biaatch, i asked him how long it would be to fix everything involved..."um..well it'll be atleast tomorrow before i can look at it"...??? i went in a week ago! i set an appointment for 7 a.m. a week later! its no wonder they were behind over a week, they are a bunch of f******* idiots.
anyways i'll let you know, how they fix it, and what they fixed...and what the problem was. considering i doubt the bolts inside of the diff case were really what was holding my diff in place.
oh and on a side note, this issue made it very obvious to me how often our rear diff is engaged and pushing power to the rear wheels. it is constant from the point of clutch engage, until you push the clutch in to shift. and if you shift well enough (not too fast, just a good solid quick shift) the rear diff won't disengage usually. so true AWD?? true enough for me! it is so damn near instantaneous, that i was quite impressed.
ya you read that right..the differential wiggles about 3" or more from side to side!!
and the slam..i'm pretty sure was the diff actually moving far enough to hit the exhaust that runs nearby..as well as probably my rear axles getting tore up, and who knows what other amounts of damage were caused.
good news is, its under warranty.
bad news is, they are taking forever...and i'm worried they won't look everything over for damage, and it will catch up about when my warranty is up lol.
the tech called yesterday and told me that "some bolts inside the diff sheared off"..i asked him simply how that happens, and how bolts INSIDE the diff secure it in place.."i don't know"...(rlaugh)...so instead of calling him a helpless little biaatch, i asked him how long it would be to fix everything involved..."um..well it'll be atleast tomorrow before i can look at it"...??? i went in a week ago! i set an appointment for 7 a.m. a week later! its no wonder they were behind over a week, they are a bunch of f******* idiots.
anyways i'll let you know, how they fix it, and what they fixed...and what the problem was. considering i doubt the bolts inside of the diff case were really what was holding my diff in place.
oh and on a side note, this issue made it very obvious to me how often our rear diff is engaged and pushing power to the rear wheels. it is constant from the point of clutch engage, until you push the clutch in to shift. and if you shift well enough (not too fast, just a good solid quick shift) the rear diff won't disengage usually. so true AWD?? true enough for me! it is so damn near instantaneous, that i was quite impressed.
