99lego

Holy ballz of a build! What trans/rear end combo are you currently running?

Best of luck to you in tracking down and solving this issue. It's plagued my Phase II 2.2 for quite some time and I've thrown the world at it trying to figure it out. My solution thus far has been dropping her into 4'th and pushing the skinny pedal to the floor until she evens out.

Calipers were good. The pads were seized in the holders. It should go: Taxes, Rust, Death.

Cold enough for you to take her out and spin her around?

So after replacing the rear bearing everything was totally gravy for a few days. Then once I tried to take her to town from the mtn. I only made it ~15 miles at highway speeds before the SAME SYMPTOMS returned. Vibrations from the rear, heat from the same hub (right rear), and bad shaking which gets worse at higher speeds. Hanging caliper? Who's got some ideas?

This is my second JDM 4.11 Trans. The previous one 'naded due to seal failure. I scored a set of rears for $120 from the wrecking yard. Will report back with findings after install.

So if the hub is smoked should I replace the spindles as well?

Violent shaking throughout like a bad u-joint or seized hub? All the center diffs i've smoked have been very evident with lurching at wheel lock / cornering.

It's a direct from Japan JDM 4.11 replacement.

I replaced the 5MT on my 99 Lego. Drove fine with the usual rear wheel bearing hum and grind for about 30 miles. There was an intermittent shake/vibration from the rear and then it became a full blown unbalanced load in the washer. My bet is seized hub. Any thoughts from those gurus? Will it be safe to drive ~6 miles across town to my lift? Thanks!

Well...... I pulled the clutch and examined the TO bearing, both turned out to be totally fine. Drained and filled the gear oil. Growl is significantly diminished. Was continuing to beat the life out of her on a daily basis ~300 mi. per week mainly highway (3000' elevation gain and loss each way) with a lot of time in 4'th and 5'th. Then......4'th begins to slip. and I started treating her marginally better but still continued the same commute. Most recently she has developed an intermittent shrill sound, very high pitched and variable, in 4'th and 5'th and just generally feels very unsafe while in gear at highway speeds. She's still doing OK 1'st - 3'rd but I'm looking towards parting / scrapping her come the end of Sept. Mainly because I'm over

I'll pull the clutch and examine. Clutch has less than 30k on it. The JDM 5-speed is the her third transmission. My last junk yard trans made it 12k, had no 2'd gear, and toasted that clutch. The OEM trans grenaded the center diff. (Very hard to locate one divorced from the tranny) but was an easy fix. Lasted 180k before she went out. I'm partial to this JDM 4.11. It's been strong and I think it's worth repairing. I just hope the OEM parts are a direct replacement to the JDM ones that are coming off.

^ I have to dig up the video of Mudrat removing the OEM top hats off some lego springs. Hilarious.

^ Thanks for the input. Tomorrow I'll park it in the yard and weigh in on it's fate.

Thanks for reply! This is a JDM 5-MT. Hasn't slipped a gear yet. I'm on the fence between fixing the problem and keeping her on the road or cannibalizing the lift and mudrat bumper off her and starting over with a "new" legacy. Regardless I'd probably fix the trans and keep it too for the "new" one.