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Fred D
01-12-2006, 11:51 AM
I have a problem with my car. When I begin to drive my car when I get to about 20mph there is a thumping sound and feel that comes from the area under the center console. This issue was happening about 1 month ago. I discovered that one of my transmission mounts was completely broken. I replaced the transmission mount and the drive shaft center bearing. It seemed to have fixed the problem to a point. After those part were replaced you would still feel the thumping if you would stomp on the gas for a quick take off. Just two days ago it has gotten worse. It is now acting the way it did before I replaced the parts. What should I do? I went ahead and replaced both of the transmission mounts last night and that did not fix the problem. The center bearing did not look broken what else should I replace or check?

supervisor1886
01-13-2006, 04:23 PM
if the mounts are fine check the engine mounts. Other than that if you feel the vibration at any speeds you might have a damaged driveshaft or yokes, bearings, etc.

The other thing to suspect is the shifter assembley. Maybe need to be adjusted or the bushings were damaged (if you have a 5spd).

Since you replaced it the tranny may sit somewhat different. (check for any aligment issues), i recomend to go to a shop and lift the car up and see if any exhaust or whatever parts might come in contact when theres torque on the tranny.

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