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79318, clunk in my junk. Half shaft?
Posted by micyek, Aug-19-04 02:14 PM
ok, sometimes when I take off from a stop...and every once in a while when I'm stoping I here a pretty adudible clunk, I also feel it in the clutch pedal. But what really bothers me is 80% of the time when I'm costing with the clutch in it's a constant clunking...the faster I'm costing the faster the clucking. But when I aply the brakes it stops. :shrug The more I analize it, the more it seems like it the drivers side axel...is that reasaonable? If that's the problem should I just replace both with some upgraded ones? If so wheres a good place to find those? everything seems tight and no noticeable handling problems either. Any input, as always, is greatly apreciated.
I'm just thankful this didn't happen last week!
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79364, RE: clunk in my junk. Half shaft?
Posted by micyek, Aug-20-04 04:56 AM
bump...
Now that I've had time to search a bit...I've learned that it could be the motor mounts to. I did recently change my timing belt and for got to loosen the front one before I started jacking the engine. x( might be time for XtremeRS's solid front motor mount.
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79370, RE: clunk in my junk. Half shaft?
Posted by 95greenhrcgs, Aug-20-04 07:46 AM
This may sound dumb, but check to see if all of your lugnuts are tight. If they are, then check the axles.
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79374, RE: clunk in my junk. Half shaft?
Posted by Kirby, Aug-20-04 08:26 AM
Get under the car and check your CV boots. I had the clunk when starting out sometimes and I had a torn boot, so check that ASAP or the car could leave you stranded..
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79375, RE: clunk in my junk. Half shaft?
Posted by micyek, Aug-20-04 08:29 AM
Originally posted by Kirby
so check that ASAP or the car could leave you stranded..
I'm driving my other car until I can get the talon up on a lift. :thumbsup but that probably won't be until next weekend x(
thanx for input guys...keep it coming IMO.
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79871, RE: clunk in my junk. Half shaft? problem solved.
Posted by micyek, Aug-30-04 02:42 AM
Originally posted by 95greenhrcgs
This may sound dumb, but check to see if all of your lugnuts are tight.
NOT SO DUMB!
That's what the problem was, front drivers side. When the problem first started happening that was one of the first things I thought of...but I only checked the front passenger side, because that's the only one I most recently had off (for the timing belt). The others I haven't touched in a couple of months. I've never had lug nuts come lose like that before :shrug So I checked the rest of the wheels and was able to torque a few more down also. So I guess I'm going to have to keep a closer eye on those, with the wheels I currently have.
Anyway just thought I would post the resolution for future people to search :thumbsup
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