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  • Apr 19, 2010, 10:10 AM
    dentron
    Loud metallic bang and car screeched to stop is it my rear?
    I backed out of drive way then went foreword about 50 yards. I heard a loud metallic
    Bang and my ca screeched to a stop. Is this my rearend, or my trans?

    Thanks Dentron
  • Apr 19, 2010, 10:17 AM
    smoothy

    Is there a bicycle stuck under the car, hopefully without a kid on it, lawn tractor?

    What kind of vehicle is this? Other symptoms... like engine runs but no gears forward or reverse.. etc.
  • Apr 19, 2010, 10:32 AM
    dentron
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by smoothy View Post
    Is there a bicycle stuck under the car, hopefully without a kid on it, lawn tractor?

    What kind of vehicle is this? Other symptoms...like engine runs but no gears forward or reverse..etc.

    I drove it back into the drive way. It is a 1970 Buick skylark, I jacked
    It up and put it on jack stands. Put it in gear and the wheels turned.
    I let it down and drove it again and it made a much lower noise--but
    Was able to drive it home
  • Apr 19, 2010, 10:52 AM
    smoothy

    Take a look at your motor and transmission mounts. Particularly the transmission. See if it hasn't shifted and allowed the driveshaft or some other part to contact the body or frame. On an older car this should not be too hard to see, Also check the rear suspension control arms and look for cracks.
  • Apr 19, 2010, 10:56 AM
    TxGreaseMonkey

    Check the universal joints on the driveshaft. There may also be a driveshaft bearing.
  • Apr 21, 2010, 03:02 PM
    dentron
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by smoothy View Post
    Take a look at your motor and transmission mounts. Particularly the transmission. See if it hasn't shifted and allowed the driveshaft or some other part to contact the body or frame. On an older car this should not be too hard to see, Also check the rear suspension control arms and look for cracks.

    Thanks Smoothy do you know if a rear from a 79 pontiac lemans
    Will work in a 70 skylark?
  • Apr 21, 2010, 03:07 PM
    dentron
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by TxGreaseMonkey View Post
    Check the universal joints on the driveshaft. There may also be a driveshaft bearing.

    Thanks I have checked and found a bad motor mount but not
    Sure if that is my problem
  • Apr 21, 2010, 03:46 PM
    kitch428

    68-72 A body rears will only fit your car. Buick-Olds-Pontiac, and Chevy, but Chevy is different in some ways.
    They're plenty out there.
  • Apr 21, 2010, 04:54 PM
    smoothy
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by dentron View Post
    Thanks Smoothy do you know if a rear from a 79 pontiac lemans
    will work in a 70 skylark?

    Don't think so. They are totally different chassis. But I haven't even been under either of those in quite a few years.

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