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i broke something
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:09 PM
i dumped the clutch, then something broke i can start the car and go thur all my gears but the car will not move. i already checked my axles and there good, what else could it be



Re: i broke something
Saturday, April 12, 2008 3:13 PM
throw-out bearing
Re: i broke something
Saturday, April 12, 2008 6:27 PM
Obviously something important INSIDE the transmission - maybe snapped a shaft, broke part of the differential, maybe the clutch itself, etc. Regardless, it's time for some transmission disassembly. If you're lucky, the damage is in the clutch and you can get away with just replacing that. Otherwise, you're probably better off to look for a used transmission, if you don't have the experience or a friend to tear yours apart to see what happened.
Remember - these are some of GM's cheapest cars - not race cars. If you drive it like a race car, things will break. Much of the stuff in our cars is made to be lightweight for fuel economy, which often means a loss in durability. Obviously they're designed to take some abuse, but everything has its limits. It appears that you've just discovered one of those unfortunately. Hopefully it won't break the bank too bad to get it going again! I learned some of those limits with my first car a number of years ago too...




Re: i broke something
Saturday, April 12, 2008 7:17 PM
May have also snapped an axle off inside the diff. The axle will appear to be good until you pull it out and see that its broken.


Re: i broke something
Monday, April 14, 2008 6:36 PM
Or you could have broke your shift cables.Does the shifter feel sloppy when u put it in gear?


Peter
'06 Cobalt ss/sc W/G85 Package
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Re: i broke something
Monday, April 14, 2008 7:13 PM
A simple check of the speedo while the clutch is out could rule out cables.


Re: i broke something
Thursday, April 17, 2008 8:04 PM
it was the spyder gears(or however u spell it)$10 to fix but a pain to get to......last time i do that again


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