..............I had the output shaft seize in the rear support, had to wait 4 it 2 cool off some b 4 i could drive though........pulled tranny apart then i found the problem.........kim........
I could see maybe rear end but why would brakes all of a sudden lock up without being applied? I still think while manually shifting reverse may have been engaged somehow. Eventually if it happens again something will brake and then it'll be easy to pinpoint.I would also think rearend and maybe brakes. If it had just been one wheel I would have thought about the strut bar coming out and getting between the shoes and drum.
I could see maybe rear end but why would brakes all of a sudden lock up without being applied? I still think while manually shifting reverse may have been engaged somehow. Eventually if it happens again something will brake and then it'll be easy to pinpoint.
So you're saying the parking brake strut came loose and locked up both rear wheels??? That doesn't sound even remotely possible. But you seem to really know alot about this stuff so who am I to argue. He can just pull the drums off and rule that one out.Strut bar as I mentioned in the post.
Have you ever replaced the brake hose that bolts to the axle, where the rear metal brake lines attach? Maybe it's closing up and locking the rear brakes.....Like the front brake hose would lock up one wheel it's locking both because it's the only way in or out for the fluid to go.....
I still think while manually shifting reverse may have been engaged somehow. Eventually if it happens again something will brake and then it'll be easy to pinpoint.
I'd love to throw in an overdrive. Road trips would be fun.
It's not a strut bar, there is nothing dragging or making noise, unless it ripped off but I didn't feel anything like that.
I would also think rearend and maybe brakes. If it had just been one wheel I would have thought about the strut bar coming out and getting between the shoes and drum.
this is what i was trying to say thanksHave you ever replaced the brake hose that bolts to the axle, where the rear metal brake lines attach? Maybe it's closing up and locking the rear brakes.....Like the front brake hose would lock up one wheel it's locking both because it's the only way in or out for the fluid to go.....
Have you ever replaced the brake hose that bolts to the axle, where the rear metal brake lines attach? Maybe it's closing up and locking the rear brakes.....Like the front brake hose would lock up one wheel it's locking both because it's the only way in or out for the fluid to go.....
I find a situation involving brake pressure difficult to believe.
In order to cause this, you would have had to just about "dynamite" the brakes to cause that much pressure. Even a fairly hard stop would not cause this, and you would have remembered that at the time.
This SURELY has to be a mechanical problem in the axle or trans.
If you have a limited slip (sure grip) I could see where a brake mechanical hardware problem to be viable.
YOU NEED to tear into this and find the problem.
I'm a little confused on what you mean..
I may have applied brake pressure after the "lack of power" feeling but I'm unsure. This may have really locked up the brakes and after the tires locked up I for sure applied the brakes and controlled the car to a stop. I don't have power brakes, or power steering so it was a rather terrifying experience.
I've never replaced any brake hoses. I'm a new owner to this duster, I bought it about 6 months ago. Had a cam go flat and I rebuilt the carb, added msd ignition and wires, interior work, etc etc. I've put maybe 1000 miles on it..if that.
Other people have agreed that it may be a brake problem so I wan't to cover everything and find the problem before I take it on a drive.
Will update and add pictures as I tear into it.
I know where a 69 GTX sits today with the same problem. Last time it hit the 1/4 mile track it got into 3rd gear and locked up both rear wheels and slid to a stop. Driver backed it off the track and drove it up on the trailer.
That was years ago and the car hasn't been driven since. Owner has a Dana 60 rear to put under it but really doesn't know if the rear is the problem.
I've heard of times when a floor shifter combined with a broken left ( bisquit type ) motor support changed gears. From drive to reverse is a stretch though.
Bottom line, I've tagged this thread so when yall figure out where the problem is I can call ronnie and tell him. Good luck
I'm thinking it's a valve body problem or temporarily plugged oil passage. In a race car, a transmission brake applies reverse and forward at the same time to keep the output shaft from turning. Maybe something went haywire to cause the same sort of thing. It would also explain the "loss of power" as the engine would be working against the converter like you were bringing the RPM up to stall speed. I can't see the brakes or rear axle doing that, and then just as suddenly, curing themselves, although the loose pinion nut/shaft may have some legs. You'd think there would be a bad leak if that was the case though....