Thread: driveshaft clunk in park and neutral
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Old 01-28-2008, 02:59 AM
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Originally Posted by BoomInTheTrunk View Post
yah but he said it did it in park and doesn't the tranny disengage.
technically its "disengaged" in park or neutral but there is still fluid pressure inside the tranny that will transmit a very small amount of power through the shaft....not enough to actually do anything or move the car (it might move slightly in neutral if you rev the engine up a bit) but still a little bit. In park the parking lock holds it from turning more than 1/3 rotation or so, but I bet in neutral with a rear wheel off the ground it would spin at low speed.
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