Contour Enthusiasts Group Archives Forums General Troubleshooting Bad Diff? Help needed!

Ok here's my problem. Just about 2 weeks ago I found my tranny mount broke. I don't know how long it was actually broken for but after thinking back it could have been for quite a while. I replaced the bolt and everything seemed fine for the first day. After that I was letting my wife drive the car and she commented that the car was very hard to drive and jerking a lot. I took it out and found the same thing, once you engaged the clutch the car would kind of surge and then finally smooth out. I parked the car for the rest of the week and then drove it to my friends garage today.

While driving to their garage I made a right hand turn from a stop sign. Something in the car bound up and felt like I ran over a couple rocks with the right tire. I made another turn and again same results with the right hand side. I limped the next 3/4 of a mile to the garage with it progressively getting worse but only while turning. Put it up on jack stands and checked the suspension, everything looks great. Started the car with it up on jack stands and let it roll while turning the wheels, still nothing. Finally I put it back on the ground and pulled it out of the garage to test a little more. While backing it out of the driveway another very large pop as something bound up again. This time it seemed like it came from the other side. Got the car going straigt and barely tapped the gas and another pop. Turned the car off and pushed it back to the garage. Problem is definitely getting worse. It did not bind up while rolling the car with the engine turned off. Does this sound like the diff? I thought it could have been a CV joint, but it happened so quickly and if it is it is the worst CV joint I've ever felt. VERY rough when it binds up.

PLEASE HELP!