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Land Cruiser · 05-11-2013, 06:52 PM

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?

05-11-2013, 06:52 PM	#1 (permalink)
Land Cruiser Base Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Davis, CA Posts: 10 Drives: Land Cruiser Rep Power: 14	7AT question 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?