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Old Apr 14, 2006 | 08:52 PM
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I have a weird clunk sound. When I'm slowing down for a stop, and the tranny downshifts from 2nd to 1st, a hear a clunk sound. I know it isn't the trans mount since it's polyurethane and I just had it checked out today, everything was tight. Could a bad torque arm bushings, loose bolt, cracked torque arm be causing this clunk?
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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 10:17 AM
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not doubting you checked, but I had this happen when I snapped the upper bolt holding the stock torque arm to the T-56. . .
torque arm kept hitting the tunnel and would bounce back into place in the cheap rubber mount. . .

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Old Apr 16, 2006 | 07:23 PM
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Anyone else?
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2 things I had come loose-bolts holding the t/a to the diff. was causing that kind of sound when coasting over bumps, the other was the nut holding the tranny mount to the cross member.
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check out your LCA's. I had a clunk on acceleration from blown bushings once
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I don't think it's my LCA's. I had Spohn peices installed last year with poly bushings.
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not doubting you checked, but I had this happen when I snapped the upper bolt holding the stock torque arm to the T-56. . .
torque arm kept hitting the tunnel and would bounce back into place in the cheap rubber mount. . .

Duff
Exact same thing happened to me!!!! Freaking pain in the ***!
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Originally Posted by Marc '99T/A
Exact same thing happened to me!!!! Freaking pain in the ***!
Not really. . .I convinced my wife that i needed a new torque arm
Not bad replaced a 3 dollar bolt with a near 300 dollar torque arm
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Yeah, I got a used BMR torque arm relocation bracket from someone off the site. I didn't want to drop the transmission just to re-tap the hole.
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i had the same clunk I believe. I think someone suggested it was a throw out bearing-whatever the hell that is.
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If it's the same clunk that me and Duff had, it's real easy to tell; just get under the car and look at the bracket where the torque arm mounts to the transmission tail housing. If it's broken, there's the reason for your clunk.
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Old Apr 22, 2006 | 05:10 PM
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if you can push the T/A up or pull it down (most likely pull down) then it's busted. . .

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My car does the same, I got new TA, LCA, and every thing else looks ok..I will check the transmission mount next..
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Not so much the tranny mount as it is the bracket where the TA mounts to the transmission.
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Old Apr 23, 2006 | 10:39 AM
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It would have to be a DAMNED STRONG engine to cause the tranny to bounce
Just guessing 800+ FtLbs. . .
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I have had this problem with my spohn TA, all I do is get up underneath, and tighten the hell out of the bottom bolt, thats what spohn said to do and it solved the problem.
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Thanks guys. I'll have the torque arm looked at when I get my new tires installed.
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