Need help troubleshooting

[1loehoe_tony]

I was driving in the rain stepping on it to make the wheels spin and sliding. Stopped at a gas station to fill up and go home. And as I was leaving I heard and felt stuff going on in the rear. So I parked to check if my driveshaft fell out but it didn’t so I went to put it back into drive and it didn’t move at all. Put it in each gear and didn’t get any movement even in neutral. Got it towd home and look under the next morning and saw that broken. Lifted the rear and put it in gear and nothing moved not even the driveshaft. What else could cause it not to go in gear? Broken rear end? Broken transmission?

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

I'm unsure what that is from your picture...

Can you get a better of the broken linkage. That doesn't look familar to me. What's it next to? Perhaps get a picture showing more of the stuff around it.

What year make and model is your vehicle? If one in photo looks like a lowered GMT800 Tahoe chassis? Is that a leaf spring on right hand side of photo. I cannot tell what that stuff is.

Here's a few things to check...

1. transmission fluid (is it dark? smell burnt?) wouldn't necessarily be a clunk though.
2. Look at condition of fluid in rear diff. Can drain filter and put back in if it's fine. A stripped ring or pinion gear would create problems.
3. Did you try all the gears? If transmission went out some may still work, while others don't.
4. Check your transfer case. VERY unlikely it wouldn't move but if the fluid drained out might act weird.
5. Any engine codes?
6. Where does noise come from? I assume rear of vehicle?

 

[1loehoe_tony]

I'm unsure what that is from your picture...

Can you get a better of the broken linkage. That doesn't look familar to me. What's it next to? Perhaps get a picture showing more of the stuff around it.

What year make and model is your vehicle? If one in photo looks like a lowered GMT800 Tahoe chassis? Is that a leaf spring on right hand side of photo. I cannot tell what that stuff is.

Here's a few things to check...

1. transmission fluid (is it dark? smell burnt?) wouldn't necessarily be a clunk though.
2. Look at condition of fluid in rear diff. Can drain filter and put back in if it's fine. A stripped ring or pinion gear would create problems.
3. Did you try all the gears? If transmission went out some may still work, while others don't.
4. Check your transfer case. VERY unlikely it wouldn't move but if the fluid drained out might act weird.
5. Any engine codes?
6. Where does noise come from? I assume rear of vehicle?

First pic is passenger second driver. It’s a 2006 2wd. will check all the fluids when it’s Not so gloomy out. Put it in every gear but did not move at all driveshaft didn’t even spin only revved up. Haven’t checked for codes just yet. When it did break the noise came from the rear kinda like the diff area but has since stopped making noises.

 

[Matthew Jeschke]

I'm not familiar with the 2wd frame / suspension. However, that's a sway bar end link. You'll want to order a new one. Not sure if it's factory as your truck looks lowered??? Either way it's a piece of cake to replace so long as you get the right part. It would make a huge racket but wouldn't keep the truck from going into gear / moving.

It could stop making noise if the linkage completely brakes and falls down. It's pretty common for sway bars, and links to break.

So does your truck drive? I'm a bit confused, you had it towed because of the noise? and or it won't move under it's own power? The sway bar system wouldn't keep it from moving.

 

[1loehoe_tony]

I'm not familiar with the 2wd frame / suspension. However, that's a sway bar end link. You'll want to order a new one. Not sure if it's factory as your truck looks lowered??? Either way it's a piece of cake to replace so long as you get the right part. It would make a huge racket but wouldn't keep the truck from going into gear / moving.

It could stop making noise if the linkage completely brakes and falls down. It's pretty common for sway bars, and links to break.

So does your truck drive? I'm a bit confused, you had it towed because of the noise? and or it won't move under it's own power? The sway bar system wouldn't keep it from moving.

Does not move at all, in any gear, like if the breaks were pressed. I lifted the rear end up by the diff and put it in gear to see if it would move and it didn’t. The driveshaft did not spin at all either.

 

[15burban]

When you had the rear lifted up did you try spinning the tires by hand?

 

[1loehoe_tony]

When you had the rear lifted up did you try spinning the tires by hand?

Yes, they didn’t budge at all