help with non-subie

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  1. Scuba Steve
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    1996 dodge caravan with automatic transmission

    just had a new tranny installed and got it back from the shop. now the car shakes horribly under acceleration (coming from the front) like the front is way out of alignment. It does NOT shake and is smooth when coasting. On top of that during right turns it sounding like the left axle is clicking.

    anyone ever run into this type of problem?
    how did they screw this up?

    FYI: it never had front end issues before and the entire front suspension was replaced by me last summer...no issues until we got it back.

    thoughts?

    any help would be appreciated.
     
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    It could be a couple of things. Maybe a loose axle nut, lower balljoint, tie rod end.
     
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    CV axle and tranny mount???
     
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    A cv axle can cause this symptom.
     
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    Thanks guys. I replaced the ball joints, tie rods, and struts last summer. I was also thinking they screwed something up when re-installing the axles. On top of that evidentially it will make a clunk when putting into reverse from park.

    Any other thoughts?
     
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    i've had an axle nut loose once, didn't feel great, look at the nut, it wasn't screwed in all the way -_- (way to go nuke) so, i tighten down and fine
     
  7. AWDimprezaL
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    ide be willing to bet its a problem with the cv...take it to the place who "fixed" it
     
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