someone please help. got a 93 lx 4cyl lst night and when i o to drive it the back wheels will lock up after driving about 20 feet. car tries to stall out but wont, take the car out of gear and try again it will go for another few feet and does it all over again. the em. brake does not hold. when i got the car last night guy put a new clutch in it and said all was wrong was the cable needed to be tighten up. cant be cluctch b/c all gears work fine no noise. when u push the brake pedal they work. ended up jackin the rear end up n driving to see what wheels do and one back will will lock all way up as if hit brakes and other back wheel will try to spin backwards. anyone help me at all???? i think i got a lemon.

 

Which wheel locks up? It's important. The V6's came with an open dif, sending the power to the right rear wheel when load is applied. If that's the one locking up, the dif carrier may be bad. If so, no sweat. Change the carrier over to a T-Lok, and add some nice 4.10 gears. Beware of the cost tho. With the parts, labor, and tuner needed to recal the speedo, you're looking around a grand to do it.

 

both wheels will lock at once as if u hit brakes and after a second the passenger wheel will start to move backwards if u take the car out of gear and try to move again it will do the same thing again. after the lock up they will unlock if put car in reverse or another gear and try again.

 

You said you jacked the car up, and one wheel was locking up. Either way, it sounds like the dif is the problem.

 

yes maybe the other just the other one seemed to lock up b/c it was on the ground and grabbed when up in air it spins backwards. i think im lucky b/c this was a trade for the car and the guy hasnt got the title for my trade yet. would you know how to get right foor open? i tried to unlock it from insdei the car and wont open even put the key in the door and the key will unlock but door wont open i was trying to kick it from the inside thinkin it was jammed but i cant get it to do anything.

 

Might have a broken or disconnected rod in the door lock mechanism. You gotta take the door panel off to see what's up there. My bet is a disconnected rod. They are connected with little plastic clips that break easily.

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As far as the rear end, normally when you have the rear end in the air and spin one tire, the other will spin in the opposite direction. That's how you can tell for sure if a car has an open dif, or one-legger as we call it. I give you a 95% chance, that if you change the carrier over to a T-Lok, the problem will disappear.

 

hey i just fixed it!!!! before when jacked the rear up i just looked at the tires to see how they act well i looked udder there and seen that the whole exhaust is welded into one piece and it was crossed over the driveshaft and was putting tension on the shaft so i unhooked the pipes and now it doesnt do it at all. hard to believe something that lil and stupid huh? the guy even tried to weld a piece of pipe to the manifold. u cant weld to cast iron!!

 

[sm=WTFsgign.gif] That's all it was? What idiot was given a welding setup?[:@]

 

harv, i as far as i know the 4bangers didnt have open diff. but i could be wrong

*hittin the books* gotta go look this one up.... sometime.

 

Why would they put a possi in a 4 banger? It don't make sense unless it's a turbo setup!
I cant tell if he has a 4 or a 6 anyway. He needs to do a sig!