"THE LONGSHOT"

(The reason for this post is that im asking for your opinion/Help/Guess on my situation because its going to be at least 5 days till i can seek a profesional opinion, thats not a long wait, but to me, right now.. gonna feel like 5 years & also i'm clueless so mabee i can get at least a better idea for now..(somone tell me its not the "Differential").. so i can relax a little till i know for sure...(i'm sure many went through somthin similar to my problem..)

I'll Make my story short, number one.. i love all maximas, number two i love my car (Mint 89'Maxima SE AUTOMATIC), besides the fact that my car is mint mechanically, i just had a Tranny cooler & Valve body mod installed TWO days ago, the car was PERFECT until today when i let a so called good friend borrow it for a few hours, at first thought nothing.... THEN i went to drive it (HERES THE PROBLEM), a ugly clanking noise, (Example: (OverDrive off), in 3rd gear on parkway if i give it gas, let off, give it gas, let off, etc, that's pretty much when it's most noticable, being very mechanical myself (i think) it either feels like bad motor mounts, a bad axel (Oh god, please be an axel!!) or the.... DIFFERENTIAL (Please no!!)... i have no idea what was done to the car because he's denying it, i would guess worst case scenerio would be that he neutral dropped it.. i really dont know that much about transsmissions so i dont know if that could blow the "diff." or whatever... the reasons why this seams serious to me and why i seem like a nut case is because my car is my world! and im not even close to being rich... ($400 Valve Body Mod/2 days old(WASTED) + cost of new "diff." or trans. or ???= Depression, anger, Murder, etc.

P.s. "no witnesses, no proof, MY PROBLEM"

I'm askin anyone with an opinion or thought or similiar problem, etc... PLEASE GIVE YOUR THOUGHTS ON MY SiTUATION...

-This Sucks!! & THANK YOU TO ANYONE THAT HELPS ME...
(I'm really not crazy........... Yes i am!!....)

 

It sounds like a broken motor mount(s) There is a possibility it was caused by the valve body but thats not the 100% cause. In my old 3rd gen I broke way too many motor mounts and replaced quite a few things (like those damn window regulators) anyways there is a possiblity that your fried was the one who caused it due to very hard driving but then again, it would have happened to you sooner or later anyway so dont b!tch at him about it. It was gonna break at one point or another regardless on the driver. If its something else, then post back and state it but im 90% sure you got a broken mount(s) in the ride.

 

bad differential bearings are common on the 4th gens... u need not worry because you are an automatic as well.