Lazeum

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The facts:

- I had a death whine with my T-Case.
- Shep rebuilt it.
- Dealer installed the new TC 10 days ago.
- Since then some rattle noise I've never heard about before occurs.

So I start investigasting. My friends did not mention anything and told me I was crazy about my car; I hear noise everywhere which does not exist. I drove the car like this for 10 days.

I started disassembling everything I can inside the car today to locate the noise with no luck. It was coming from the e-brake area.
When I parked the car today I was able to hear some *clunk* *clunk* noise every 2-3 yards. it seemed to come from the transmission so I lifted the car and this is what I found





The remaining nuts hold the brackets with one thread and some torque applied via the shaft weight.



The brackets to hold the shaft missed bolts and bolts are not tightened anymore. The shaft is in the air with nothing to hold it!!!
The dealer obviously did not torque the bolts properly (noise was there right at the exit of the dealer).

What do you guys advice????
NO WAY, I'll pay for a new TC if this destroyed anything!!!! (bend the pinions, destroy the o-ring which seals the TC for fluid)

So far, I was breaking the TC in, so I was driving my car nicely, some boost but always in straight line.
I haven't noticed any leaks on the TC.
The car is fine now and so far no apparent damage...

I will prepare a list of every parts which may fail in the future because of this mistake and ask Mitsu dealer to warranty those for like 10,000 miles.
Parts I'm thinking about are:
- T-Case
- Shaft
- Rear Diff
- brackets & Bearings
- Rubber joints


AAAaaaahhhh!!!! I'm pissed against Mitsu dealer!!! (who is usually very nice and helpful)

ak47po

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They probably never even put those nuts back on.

Evoryder

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You should take it to the dealer right away...that's bS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

YtDiamond05

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Wow, that sucks! Take it back and raise hell!

Lazeum

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I will but it's labor day weekend... so they're close

fox2boost

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i would be so pissed, dont drive it and bring it to them monday. better yet call them and tell hem you want them to pay for the tow to get it there.

LoRo

iTrader: (1)

Use mitsubishi Road side assistance if you have it...

Lazeum

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I don't know if I should fix the car. This is my only car.
I'm hesitating to touch anything or let them pick up the car and pay for everything but it would be a big hassle for the weekend.

Bullet01

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Wow Mat, glad it totally didn't fall apart on you while you were driving it. That would have been a disaster.

EVO X Owner-2-B

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That's exactly the reason why I've invested in an assortment of good tools, pneumatic and hand both. Especially in my area, I don't trust anyone to work on my car. I drive my car hard and cannot have it fail because of faulty work. It's a peace of mind thing to do it myself.

red evo8

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lol wow bull !#$^^ on that but i bet if anything does happen the dealer will probably blame it on sheps rebuild just seems like something they would do

amscrazy

iTrader: (1)

thats a bummer man...good luck with kicking the dealers ***

Lazeum

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Thanks guys

The worse is that I have been to the dealer last week to complain about the noise... we found out that my Buschur exhaust have been install with stock bolts and springs. Springs were loose. I have checked the exhaust with the tech thinking it could be the reason with no luck.
He did not check the shaft

WICKed'N'EVO

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Might not be Mitsu's fault but the idiot mechanic's own fault...now go kick his ***.

Lazeum

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OK, I've started checking the manual. here is what I've found:



When you look at my transmission:



You can see that part # 3 on the diagram are missing on my car...
So I'm not fixing it by myself.... I just put nuts to support the shaft in the mean time but I've deceided to do not drive it until it's fixed.