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JD a.k.a Fingers
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'98 Contour GL 2.0L VCT ATX 88k
'98 Contour LX 2.5L MTX 120k
Street racing can kill
just less of a chance with a 2.0
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Turn your wheel right, block off the passenger wheel up front with chocks or bricks. Do the same to the rear, throw the ebrake, bring up the driver wheel off the ground. Place jack stand in there. Have helper start car, being ready for anything to happen (which shouldn't unless you have front posi in your MTX or ATX or whatever you have lol) you should be able to come off the clutch and get that wheel to spin. Take a paper towel roll or long card board tube to use it to listen (so you don't have to get your ear too close to any moving parts) have safty glasses on because the wheel will fling dirt and so on. I know you can do this to ATX, I don't know about MTX so if I'm wrong someone please say don't do that! Hope this helps or works. I've only did it once to a ATX but it told me which side it was.
Jeremy
JD a.k.a Fingers
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'98 Contour GL 2.0L VCT ATX 88k
'98 Contour LX 2.5L MTX 120k
Street racing can kill
just less of a chance with a 2.0
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figured out both of goonzerinos problems.
when he did his lower control arms he did the cut and upside down bolt method.
but he reused one of the original big bolts and it was hitting the tranny case!
but we noticed the new bolts were shorter, so we replaced it with a shorter bolt and tightened teh motor mount with the motor as high in them as it would go.
no more tranny hitting.
as for the vibration, spinning his wheel showed us the 1/2" deflection in his axle.
time for a new one!
NY State Trooper: So what makes your car so special to have SVT all over it?
Me: Er...It was made by Fords SPECIAL Vehicle Team?
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So basically he used the wrong bolt for the wrong hole? If I understood it correctly.
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Originally posted by CSVT1214:
So basically he used the wrong bolt for the wrong hole? If I understood it correctly.
no you didnt understand correctly..I put the bolt upside down but at that time I had the pole mount so the engine and tranny were stiff and no hitting at that time. However upon putting in OEM mounts, the softer compound made the motor settle in a litte more thus allowing the tranny to hit the bolt tip..also we noticed the same bolt but newer one was a little shorter in length so we threw that in and now its perfect..
but yea time for a new axle..
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Originally posted by ElKy:
figured out both of goonzerinos problems.
when he did his lower control arms he did the cut and upside down bolt method.
but he reused one of the original big bolts and it was hitting the tranny case!
but we noticed the new bolts were shorter, so we replaced it with a shorter bolt and tightened teh motor mount with the motor as high in them as it would go.
no more tranny hitting.
as for the vibration, spinning his wheel showed us the 1/2" deflection in his axle.
time for a new one!
Sweetness! Great to hear you guys nailed it!
JD a.k.a Fingers
"Don't Panic"
'98 Contour GL 2.0L VCT ATX 88k
'98 Contour LX 2.5L MTX 120k
Street racing can kill
just less of a chance with a 2.0
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Originally posted by CSVT1214:
So basically he used the wrong bolt for the wrong hole? If I understood it correctly.
from what i have heard goonzerbio has a problem with the wrong hole..not usually the wrong bolt...
but yeah as he said, the new bolt was slightly shorter than the old.
no real harm was done, the bolt chipped a little bit off of one of the ribs on the tranny, but there was no cracking of the case or anything.
NY State Trooper: So what makes your car so special to have SVT all over it?
Me: Er...It was made by Fords SPECIAL Vehicle Team?
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