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New transmission, new trans mounts, new clutch, resurfaced flywheel, and a $1200 hole in my wallet, on top of the $1300 hit it took last time. Thats $2500, I could have swapped the ZE and turbo charged it for that much. Or better yet paid for next terms tuition. But who needs college, ive got an mx-3 with arround 10 grand invested in it.

Ok, im done. Car works now, its all good. But for the sake of possible future search results:
If you have your axles replaced, and you feel a vibration of any kind, take it back to the shop and have it looked at immediately, because if you wait and try to fix it yourself, then you'll end up with a new transmission. Like me.

I recommend that you check your local library for a book titled "What Auto Mechanics Don't Want You to Know." That should be the title or close to it. According to the author's knowledge and the steps that he lays out, you probably could have taken your repair shop to court and saved yourself quite a bit of cash.

Best of luck to you,
Ryan
~Ravenous

Good book to have around. I've seen it around the Web available in e-book format also. Noticed Ryan's remark re speaking with Advanced Auto Parts because they sold him a bad axle. This suggests that he bought the parts @AAP, but had a repair shop agree to do the work using the parts supplied by Ryan. That scenario potentially complicates things as far as making a claim against the repair shop. By supplying the axle himself, Ryan may have taken a risk that the repair shop's typical warranty on their work could/would be disputed by the shop. For this reason, some repair shops refuse to install customer provided parts unless the customer agrees to void the shop's responsibility if things go wrong. Many (most?) shops simply refuse to put in customer provided parts altogether to avoid any conflict on claims made against them. Just a thought...