Im stumped... clunking
10-19-2013, 09:13 AM
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You can have to gears reset a little deeper and it may clear it up, what's occurring is the pinion gear is rattling against the ring while there's no load on it.I understand the sound is a little disconcerting but if that is what's occuring then I wouldn't worry about it
10-29-2013, 08:03 PM
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Hey Guys! Just going to throw in my 2cents on this. Check your slip yoke first, they have a bad habit of wearing the splines and will cause a clunking sound especially when you first accelerate from a stop. Check for proper shaft length, too short of a shaft will not fit in trans enough and cause problems. I have owned 2 chevy four wheel drives and have had to replace the slip yokes due to wear, last one is 2001 with aluminum drive shaft and slip yoke was aluminum. Also check your u-joints if they are stock they will wear the needle bearings and can cause a clunk, hard to get good u-joints this day and time, they may look ok but will have enough wear to cause this problem. As far as resetting the ring and pinion as stated previously you could do alot of damage due to the wear pattern already being set, there is a fine line there. Hope these ideas might help!
10-30-2013, 06:49 AM
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Hey Guys! Just going to throw in my 2cents on this. Check your slip yoke first, they have a bad habit of wearing the splines and will cause a clunking sound especially when you first accelerate from a stop. Check for proper shaft length, too short of a shaft will not fit in trans enough and cause problems. I have owned 2 chevy four wheel drives and have had to replace the slip yokes due to wear, last one is 2001 with aluminum drive shaft and slip yoke was aluminum. Also check your u-joints if they are stock they will wear the needle bearings and can cause a clunk, hard to get good u-joints this day and time, they may look ok but will have enough wear to cause this problem. As far as resetting the ring and pinion as stated previously you could do alot of damage due to the wear pattern already being set, there is a fine line there. Hope these ideas might help!
11-29-2013, 09:20 PM
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Ok guys, sorry for the long period of me not reporting anything. But all my clunking that i had been bitching about is gone now. It ended up being the transmission mount. It was a stock style rubber mount that was only 3 months old at the most. I replaced it with a prothane poly mount and viola its dead silent now. No clunking, no banging nothing. Its wonderful. So thats what fixed it for me. It may be the answer that you guys are looking for too.
