Car is sitting in the garage, engine off, hood open, ebrake off and trans in 1st.

I grabbed hold of the radiator support and pushed the whole car backwards about 4" until it stopped (trans) and then pulled it firward again until it stopped.

Did this forward and back thing several times.

Describe the sound that you hear when the trans stops the car rolling each time.

For me, the sound is like 3 or 4 distinct clicks at almost the same time. Sounds like someone biting down on hard candy. Push the car back, crunch, pull the car forward, crunch. I actually expected the trans to stop the car almost silently, ie with no play at all.


Also, is it normal to be able to grab the driveshaft and move it in and out of the hub? It won't rotate at all, but I can move it about 1/32nd inch in and out of the hub. Both sides are like that.

 

mine just rolls... i got a junk yard tranny out of a 97but i think it was outside BC i live in vancouver and own a 4th gen. the guy couldn't get a LSD axle in and ordered a non LSD axle and popped right in and i was workin on my car one day with the tranny in 1st with the e-brake off and i was able to roll the car....

 

i think i have heard that sound on a friends max already.

 

your car shouldn't really move when you are in gear.

I'll try tomorrow.

 

My car doesn't move at all.

 

Sure your ebrake is off?

 

yea i've noticed with my old truck if i had it in gear and e brake off it would hold it on my driveway but with my maxima if its in gear and ebrake is off it will stop then go then stop then go....any ideas?????

 

There is always some play between the gears, axles, etc. How much I don't know offhand, but it is normal for even new gears.

Yes, a little axial play is normal since the snap ring is what holds it axially, and snap rings don't lock it perfectly into place.

 

Well he said into the hub, that's bad. Scruit, check your axle nuts, make sure they're tight...