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Originally Posted by Land Cruiser
Yesterday I was out on a drive and ran over a small branch. It got kicked up into the undercarriage and got caught on some part of the transmission. It made a grinding noise. Sounded like maybe it got caught where the flywheel/flex-plate was? I was going ~20 MPH as the road was sketchy and pulled over right away. I think it somehow also got caught in the gear shift linkages, as I couldn't move the shifter from where it was in manual mode. I put the parking brake on, fought with the branch a little bit and got it free. Afterwards, the shifter works normally and the transmission shifts fine.
My question is, is it normal for something to be able get kicked up and disable the car like that? Shouldn't there be a protective plate/shield?
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I once ran over a small piece of tire.. not that small. But small.
Anyways, it hit a skit plate or "something" under my car. Next thing you know, I am grinding in lower gears and on deceleration.
Long story short I was sketched out for a couple weeks and then it went away. Transmission was shifting fine though. Just made the grinding noise.