YACT: I think my car is f%#$*ed

[DrumminBoy]

Its a '92 Civic LX, manual, 190k miles

I was backing out of a driveway, heard a crack/grinding sound, didnt think much of it, thought it might be cuz of the snow/ice or somethin, I drive forward about 50 feet, stop at a stop sign, and when I let out on the clutch to go all I hear is grinding. hmm, put it in reverse...grinding. The engine is running fine, I can shift through all the gears fine, but I cant go forward or backward, and I hear the grinding/cracking. It made the sound when we pulled the car around the block in neutral too. My cv joints/shaft were bad, and needed replacing before, but I hadnt planned on doing it. Could it be they just plain broke off??If thats the case, how much will it cost to replace? There goes all my christmas $$...

 

[Ryan]

A couple hundred dollars. I just purchased remanufactured joints for my 1998 200sx, an they cost 120 bucks for each side :Q Add that plus labor, and you're gonna have one hell of a christmas

 

[Vic]

If your CV joints were already bad, then you probably broke a half-shaft. That sounds pretty consistent with what you describe.

 

[Colt45]

if the problem really is your CV's, should be able to get a reman'd halfshaft for next to nothing. OEM probably considerably more.. and if you cant do the work yourself.. more yet.

 

[RayH]

With that many miles, you might as well get new haflshafts.
Best place for half shafts is Raxles.

 

[tnitsuj]

Look under the car at the half shafts. If they are broken go buy a remanufactured one from Autozone or somewhere. All you need is a lift some sockets/wrenchs and a pry bar to change it. Should take you about 2 hours your first time (I recently did the same on a 96 Civic).

 

[Goosemaster]

My suspension was recently kaput.

I got a CV joint for $65 ...two control arms for $30 a piece, and still need to get a special type of bearing.

What do you can that bearing that allows the wheel to pivot..it is connected to the top of the wheel well