Another ix bites the dust?

[canadiankid]

So I am camping this weekend. Driving down a bumpy road and I hear popping and clunking. I assume suspension and continue to the beach. I finish and start to leave and my brother screams ,"light them up!" I do and all I hear is screaching. It still drives fine but under any power more than a light acceleration there is a ton of popping. My brother was laying next to the car and says it is coming from the tcase. Everything feels solid, driveshafts, halfshafts etc. Just a ton of noise. I have an hour drive home tommorow.
So tcase, front driveshaft, diffs? I should say I hear no popping while coasting with clutch in which leads me to believe maybe something in the clutch. Mechanism.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

[canuck]

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say that it sounds like the chain inside the transfer case has gone. I think you can still get power to the rear with a broken chain you just won't have AWD. Having said that personally I wouldn't drive it very far if at all without having it properly checked out.

Hopefully a few of the ix guru's will reply with some thoughts to help you out.....

[canadiankid]

I believe I found the problem.

Appears the forward output on tcase is cracked.
I am trying to get the front driveshaft out but am stuck on the centering pin.
I have the 3 bolts that were holding the shaft onto the differential off. I found a bunch of shiny washers indicating the driveshaft has been shimmed once before. So what is the easiest way to get this driveshaft off? Assuming my vc is still good, I can drive it without my front driveshaft for a bit till I figure out what to do right?

[canuck]

Not sure if you figured it out but this might help -

http://home.earthlink.net/~hainesinutah/members/repair.html

good luck!

[canadiankid]

Thanks for the info, I have been unable to get the driveshaft completely out. Judging by the way it sounds though(pops only under moderate accaleration, I am pretty sure I have found the problem).

The driveshaft had already been shimmed. At the very least I am guessing a new driveshaft, but judging by the multiple cracks in the tcase output I have a feeling the car is getting scrapped. I am sick of sinking money into it and it needs alot of work yet besides this problem.

[canuck]

That is too bad to hear....understand that they can be money pits.....let us know how it goes.

[nando]

I've never seen damage like that before. It looks like it was dead before you even got it. Shimming the driveshaft is nothing more than a bandaid, the solution is basic maintenance that prevents stripped splines to begin with.

A used tc would be the cheapest repair. Good luck.

[canadiankid]

Ya, I dont see that happening. Also needs a gas tank, all new suspension all around, likely a new steering rack, and the front diff leaks. Engine is solid though. Anyway, I will try and sell the car as a complete unit I guess. Ill try and find an e or i. Everything that went wrong with this car was almost always related to the awd system. I dont even know if ill get another e30 because of the artificially inflated prices here in Canada. People are wanting $3K for absolute heaps of rusted out cars.

Anyone in Ontario need a parts car?

[supernaughtIX]

how much? - pm me