Posted by Marlen Padberg on January 28, 1999 at 15:09:43:
In Reply to: Deceleration "Clunk" posted by Ron Dwyer on January 28, 1999 at 01:38:21:
I used to have a similar problem on my car. The way I diagnosed it was:
Put the car in gear (mine's a 4-speed - put yours in park). Have someone in front of car and in back of car, and rock the car back and forth. You should be able to hear the clunk, and likely see (or hear) where the clunk is originating. For me, the bolts between the driveshaft and differential had come loose, and the driveshaft had a little bit of room to move - clunk! I hope your clunk is as easy as mine was to fix...
: I've replaced the automatic trans, the driveshaft is re-built, the rear end is a take-out, and the support bearing is new. Rear end support is fine, with no indications of and metal to metal contact.
: Take my foot off the gas at 35 and it goes clunk. accelerate an quickly remove foot, clunk on both take up and let-off ~35.
: What am I still missing? Is this a sign off bad wheel bearings back there? What else could wear out?