Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Car jolts...clunk/pop noise coming from the front

thats what I said to him too...i figured if my brake lines were broken...there would be no brakes.


anyways,

I went back to the mechanic today and he told me 3 of the 4 motor mounts were broken...? (how do they break?)


can anyone think of how this would cause the symptoms I described?


I'm having trouble adding this up here, and I'm no expert, so maybe I'm missing something. That just doesn't make too much sense

it actually did feel like something was slipping...i wonder if my differential is going like morbid said?


yay

Have them show you the motor mounts. 3 out of 4 mounts bad would sure cause problems because the whole trans and engine would be loose and misaligned.

10 points to morbid for guessing the problem...

I'm sorry I was right. Tranny failures aren't too fun.

Did you romp on it recently? I think I chipped a tooth about 5 days before (drag strip ) the tooth got jammed and everything ate itself. Prior to the ultimate failure, I'd occationally hear a pop... followed by a whir sound (most likely the tooth getting tossed around).

yea...I give my car hell every once and a while...


I just bought it though, and it's still relatively low miles, so I'm going to invest in the euro spec transmission and torsen LSD from HMS so I dont have these problems again...


the funny thing is, I probably messed up my diff going at it with my step mom in her 2002 Grand AM GT...hahaha


i lost too...i hate having no torque (4 people in the car)


thanks for helping me pinpoint the problem


now its time to buy a beater while I wait for HMS to finish the tranny

Make sure you get the upgraded forks and keyed tower too. They're worth the extra $$.

I dunno about those upgrades...looks like its an extra 550 bucks installed from HMS? yikes...


it's worth 550 bucks?

Some others have just modified the stock tower, which would save some money. The forks smooth out the shifts, and I think they'll last longer. Might help some other stuff that I can't recall right now.