Okay, so on my way home with some spirited driving the car felt fine but I believe I ran over a workboot of some car that rolled off the car in front of me. I pull off thinking that my bumper may be damaged but no issues. I go 1st through 3rd kind of hard and once it goes into forth the car feels as though I downshifted to 2nd from 4th going 80mph. I pull over again and don't see anything visible. Go to turn around and I hear some clicking (like I have a locker in the back) and slowly accelerate, I shift into 2nd and the driveshaft hits the ground. I inspect the car and the driveshaft seems to have broken the u joint attaching it to the diff. Driveshaft looks okay from what I could see/touch and there was no fluid leaking at the trans or diff from what I could see (I think, but not totally sure.
Call AAA and tow it to my mechanic. Only real evidence of damage was small metal fragments about half inch in length sitting in some HD grease or gear lube, are these internals or part of the u joint? BTW I have a FRPP Al Driveshaft.
Any help appreciated, it is just driving me crazy, and personally, I am happy this happened today and not tomorrow on my hour trip to go take the LEO exam. I'll just take my dad's truck. Maybe the car was telling me something and this repair bill isn't too expensive.
Call AAA and tow it to my mechanic. Only real evidence of damage was small metal fragments about half inch in length sitting in some HD grease or gear lube, are these internals or part of the u joint? BTW I have a FRPP Al Driveshaft.
Any help appreciated, it is just driving me crazy, and personally, I am happy this happened today and not tomorrow on my hour trip to go take the LEO exam. I'll just take my dad's truck. Maybe the car was telling me something and this repair bill isn't too expensive.