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Author:  _666_ [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:22 pm ]
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when i take of in my car it makes a clunking sound... is that the universal joint ?
Author:  Mini Mad [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:31 pm ]
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Hard to tell really, lots of things make a clunking noise when they are broken..

Is it a rodchange? ie. lift to get reverse?...Iwould be looking at the engine steady bars..
Author:  Maxi23 [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:33 pm ]
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When I used to drive forward I got a clunking noise.

Turned out to be my torque wrench on the floor in the back baning on the rear panel.

Then theres the time my uni joint U joints un-bolted themselves and the uni joint fell apart at 60k an hour...that kinda made a clunking noise for 15k or so until the car wouldnt go up anymore hills.
Author:  _666_ [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:37 pm ]
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when driving when u relase the throttle and then reingauge it clunks... is tat the uni joint on the drive shaft
Author:  Maxi23 [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:40 pm ]
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Is it just one single clunk, or does it just continue to clunk while you put ure foot down ?
Author:  sports850 [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:41 pm ]
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Check the rubbers in the engine steadies , grab the engine by the rocker cover and see if you can shake it forwards to backwards as well . Shouldn't be any movement but if the rubbers are shot it could be moving and clunking with the torque .
Author:  _666_ [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:50 pm ]
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yeah it moves a tad my right hand side engine steady mount closest to the window is broken... but i didnt think it was that... ill weld it up 2moro and see i guess...
Author:  sports850 [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 7:52 pm ]
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Should be that , just check the type of stay , some were cast and horrid but others were steel and can be welded . If you can't weld it , make sure you get a replacement the same size as there were different lengths available for different positions .
Author:  _666_ [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:00 pm ]
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its the mount itsself not the bar ....
Author:  pulver [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:02 pm ]
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I had an incident with a clunk today.
I had a clunk for a few seconds and pulled over, thinking I had picked up a nail or something. Nothing..
So I kept on driving and TWACK..... I look behind me only to see rubber tumbling down the road... I think shite... was that the rubber behind the gear shift?

Nup...wrong... as it turns out... twas my ribber uni joint exploding. All i could find when i got home was a screwed u-bolt (see below). Not to worry, at least its not to hard of a fix. I'm kicking myself that I didn't replace it when I replaced the other side...

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Author:  Spaceboy [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:37 pm ]
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when driving when u relase the throttle and then reingauge it clunks... is tat the uni joint on the drive shaft

its probably one of these things:

your exhaust hitting the body

your gear selector housing hitting the body

a badly worn differential
Author:  _666_ [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:44 pm ]
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i doubt its my exhaust thats fairly new... and the cotton reels for the gear selector i replced a week or 2 ago
Author:  _666_ [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 8:49 pm ]
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erm i havnt really looked into to much but if i were to get uder the car and look could i see that the uni joint were worn ?
Author:  Spaceboy [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:22 pm ]
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how long has it been knocking for?

i'd be checking those things first.

its a clubby right? and it has a rod change right?
Author:  Mini Mad [ Mon Feb 20, 2006 9:27 pm ]
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I'd put money on it that it's that engine steady bar.
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