I have a 96 Dodge Neon and it has a standard transmission and it will go into every gear and the car moved liek 3 feet and this little metal bar about 3 inches long with a hole on the end came rolling out from under the car im not very car educated but would like to know what's up eith it....everyone ive asked about it has told me something different....hope someone can help with that little bit of info :)

I have a 96 Dodge Neon and it has a standard transmission and it will go into every gear and the car moved liek 3 feet and this little metal bar about 3 inches long with a hole on the end came rolling out from under the car im not very car educated but would like to know what's up eith it....everyone ive asked about it has told me something different....hope someone can help with that little bit of info :)Probably a bracket of some sort...do you have a pic of it?

i couldnt get the picture to upload so i put it into my gallery photo's

I have no idea. it looks spalled up like there used to be something rubbing on it in two locations.

it could simply be your booble strut?

As they say though a picture is worth a 1000 words just upload the picture to

http://www.imageshack.us/ its stupid proof lol

i couldnt get the picture to upload so i put it into my gallery photo'sIt's your diff pin. They will slide out of the tranny...time for a new tranny. Make sure you have the diff pin welded into place this time.

I have a 96 Dodge Neon and it has a standard transmission and it will go into every gear and the car moved liek 3 feet and this little metal bar about 3 inches long with a hole on the end came rolling out from under the car im not very car educated but would like to know what's up eith it....everyone ive asked about it has told me something different....hope someone can help with that little bit of info :)

I might be able to help you with that because I'm an auto mechanic with 30 years experience, but I'm going to need a little more information. Is the bar flat? round? what exactly does it look like? A picture would be nice, do you own a digital camera?

vann8

ps. I may not be able to find this thread again, so email me at vann8@hotmail.com and we'll discuss the matter when I get home from the shop tonight or tomorrow or whenever.

I might be able to help you with that because I'm an auto mechanic with 30 years experience, but I'm going to need a little more information. Is the bar flat? round? what exactly does it look like? A picture would be nice, do you own a digital camera?
vann8I already told him it's his diff pin. Click in his gallery, he has pic's in there!

Yeah that is definately the diff pin I have seen 3 of those come out of the 3 different transmissions that I have had to replace.Very bad ju ju.