clunk when taking off
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clunk when taking off for the past few days Ive had a Clunk when taking off moderately from a dead stop... or when I accelerate fast at a rolling pace..
I jacked the car up and I checked all my bolts and everything is tight... the only thing is that when I grab the torque arm in wiggles in my hand when shaking it..
I am not sure if its supposed to do that or not.
also the clunk comes from the passenger rear of the car..
this all happened after I left an inclined driveway at an angle and a part of the car scraped the highpoint on the incline... before that it was fine.
not sure if I twisted the torque arm mount enough that its loose now or what..
I jacked the car up and I checked all my bolts and everything is tight... the only thing is that when I grab the torque arm in wiggles in my hand when shaking it..
I am not sure if its supposed to do that or not.
also the clunk comes from the passenger rear of the car..
this all happened after I left an inclined driveway at an angle and a part of the car scraped the highpoint on the incline... before that it was fine.
not sure if I twisted the torque arm mount enough that its loose now or what..
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maybe, I havent dug deep around there to see if its worn out..
it only happens when the rear suspension squats on takeoff and accelerating fast so I dont know if a bad U-joint would cause that.
I am gonna take out the rear springs on Wednesday and re-install the OEM spring isolators at the top and see if that helps any.
it only happens when the rear suspension squats on takeoff and accelerating fast so I dont know if a bad U-joint would cause that.
I am gonna take out the rear springs on Wednesday and re-install the OEM spring isolators at the top and see if that helps any.
Sway bar endlink or bushing loose?
I've ridden in a car with a bad sway bar endlink and it made a bad clunk going over any bump. I also had a rear sway bar installed on my car and I didn't tighten the bushing bolts tight enough on the passengers side and that side came loose and it felt like I had no sway bar in there! It made a loud thunk whenever I went over a medium-sized bump only because one bushing wasn't clamped down, yet the other bushing and the endlinks were fine.
I've ridden in a car with a bad sway bar endlink and it made a bad clunk going over any bump. I also had a rear sway bar installed on my car and I didn't tighten the bushing bolts tight enough on the passengers side and that side came loose and it felt like I had no sway bar in there! It made a loud thunk whenever I went over a medium-sized bump only because one bushing wasn't clamped down, yet the other bushing and the endlinks were fine.
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doesnt clunk over bumps.. swaybar endlinks are poly and tight as can be..
I do know that when I jacked up the car to look for possible causes that I could wiggle the torque arm by hand...
I do know that when I jacked up the car to look for possible causes that I could wiggle the torque arm by hand...
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ok checked it out and the front bushing is all loose and old... rear bolts on the arm are rock solid... so I ordered a poly bushing for the time being until I can get a new torque arm come springtime.
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proceeded to install the torque arm bushing today.... what a fucked up design... took me almost an hour just to get the damn clamshell off... and what idiot designer thought it was a good idea to rivet the stock bushing on???
the real kicker was that I ordered a 3rd gen bushing after realizing that the clamshell would not conform over to get the nut on the top bolt..
edit: I also noticed the whole clamshell was all deformed so I had to bend it back to shape the best I could... got a 4th gen bushing overnighted from Summit...
the real kicker was that I ordered a 3rd gen bushing after realizing that the clamshell would not conform over to get the nut on the top bolt..
edit: I also noticed the whole clamshell was all deformed so I had to bend it back to shape the best I could... got a 4th gen bushing overnighted from Summit...
Last edited by Majestic9C1; Nov 5, 2014 at 04:15 PM.