AAAHHH!! HELP ME!! When ever I shift into drive the car moves some and the tranny goes bang! well to be a little more specific.. if I floor it.. it goes bang gu gu gu gu... for if I turn and floor it it goes chk chk chk chk bng.... I think its the bar thing (I dont know what it is or what it does) but it is bolted to the rear end and narrows up and goes to hook to somthing next to the tranny.. but its not hooked to anything.. its just suspended.. is this supposed to be hooked to somthin? do you know whats wrong?? please help!! I think Im gonna kill it!

 

IT SOUNDS LIKE YOUR TORQUE ARM BRACKET BROKE, IT SHOULD BE MOUNTED TO THE SIDE OF THE TRANNY.

 

so where do I get one? I called discount they only saw a bushing kit and it turned out they didnt even carry that.

 

More than likely your torque arm has indeed come loose. It (the bracket) probably hasn't broken, since that would take an enormous amount of torque. What probably happened is the top bolt on the bracket backed out due to vibration. This happened to mine several times. If you're lucky, the bracket half is still hanging there with the bolt through it. Just pull the torque arm down and into the bracket and tighten the bolt back into the tail shaft. I'd use a lock washer to keep it from happening again.

If the bolt is gone, which is very likely if it happened while driving, just go buy another one. I don't remember the size, but it is DEFINITELY English NOT metric. There's a metric size that will appear to fit, but will be very slightly loose. This will cause the bolt to strip out the hole on the tranny. This also happened to me. Beware...

 

well I put my car on ramps and climbed under there to get a better look. it turns out the bracket is cracked in half! some bolts were lose, I tightened them and am going to the dealer tomarrow to get another bracket... my poor car