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Old May 10, 2008 | 04:35 PM
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my car just started making a pretty noticeably clunk from the rear whenever i hit a bump or hit the brakes..i can not figure it out, it seems like most people get clunks under acceleration but mine is fine under load..anybody have some input?
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Old May 10, 2008 | 05:09 PM
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What if any suspension/drivleline mods are done?

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just poly trans and torque arm mounts that i put in a month ago..i checked those and there doesnt look to be anything wrong with them
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A shock bushing gone bad? Lower control arm bushing? Torque arm mount loose at the rear? Exhaust isn't loose and maybe the over axle pipe is banging? Could be lots of things, although you'd expect to hear it on acceleration also. I had a torque arm mount break at the rear, but it wasn't really noticeable under accerlation, but under hard braking it felt like the rear was gonna fall out....

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Old May 11, 2008 | 01:31 AM
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yea mine only does it to me when i launch from a stop. other than that mine is fine, so im just not goign to worry about it, but good luck with your noise, gotta love our axels/drive trains, and how paranoid we are about them. :O
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Make sure it isn't your torque arm, check this out. Bob
http://www.exoticperformanceplus.com...php?service=58 Bob
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also, check the panhard bushing. My lower bushing was worn out, so it would clunk on turns/bumps/accel.

pop the trunk and stand behind the car and grab each side of it. then move it side to side. if you hear the clunk when you do that, its the panhard bushing.

it might not be your problem, but it will take like 30 seconds to do
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