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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 12:35 PM
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My rearend is making a clunking sound when ever I turn the car. It also drifts to the left or right on bumps or at higher speeds. I know it is not the alignment or the rear. They installed gears about 4 months ago but I think they did not set them up correctly but the issue happen befor gears. If I do need shocks which ones. I do not plan on lowering the car. Whats a good brand without emptying my pockets,
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 06:38 PM
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The side-to-side motion of the rear end could be caused by the weak factory panhard bar... Look into a mild-steel unit (or chromoly if you want to spend the money on it) and it should fix that side-stepping issue. Personally, I don't think that the clunking in the rear has anything to do with the side-step issue. Most all of our cars have that issue, but the clunking is most likely from either poorly installed gears, or you not breaking them in properly.
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The side-to-side motion of the rear end could be caused by the weak factory panhard bar... Look into a mild-steel unit (or chromoly if you want to spend the money on it) and it should fix that side-stepping issue. Personally, I don't think that the clunking in the rear has anything to do with the side-step issue. Most all of our cars have that issue, but the clunking is most likely from either poorly installed gears, or you not breaking them in properly.
The panhard bar isn't so weak as to let the rear end move around that much. I put a lot of road course miles on my stock panhard bar with race tires and mine is just fine.

I suggest looking for worn out bushings: torque arm, lower control arms, etc, as well as loose shock mounts.
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