Left rear clunk

[MuRCieLaGo]

Hi,

When I bought the car, there was a clunk on the rear left suspension. I've been to 3 different garages and none of them could tell me where's the problem (including official inspection).

Can't see anything wrong from underneath.

You guys got any idea?

[secondchance]

Can you describe the noise with more detail?

[BigIke]

I just had an inner half shaft u-joint fail, was doing the same thing.

When your driving, will it pull to one side when you load it, then pull to the other when you unload? I think torque steer is a good indicator of a failing u-joint.

Roll down driver and passenger windows, jack up the drivers side. Block the wheels, off the parking brake, put the car in neutral. Now grab the driver (left) half shaft and rotate it back and forth.

Got sloop? Replace the u-joints with.

2 x http://www.amazon.com/Spicer-5-3615X...ilpage_o02_s02
2 x http://www.amazon.com/Spicer-3-70-48...ilpage_o02_s01

Safety First

[Jagdpanzer]

Another good u-joint source
http://www.dennysdriveshaft.com/p422..._rebuild_.html

[MuRCieLaGo]

Will check that out, thanks guys!

[MuRCieLaGo]

Everything seems to be tight there, I recorded a quick video of the clunk.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYQbYYCz-Ag

[5ABI VT]

my guess is the sway bar end links. Have they been changed before or do they look in good condition? the rubber deteriorates over time and the metal sleeve will clink/clunk on the sway bar going over bumps.

[WARP TEN]

Originally Posted by 5ABI VT

my guess is the sway bar end links. Have they been changed before or do they look in good condition? the rubber deteriorates over time and the metal sleeve will clink/clunk on the sway bar going over bumps.

I agree. I had a clunk in the rear of the 95 when I backed out of my driveway. Only 21,000 miles on the car. Marc looked it over and didn't see anything obvious but said the sway bar bushings looked dry. Replaced them and the clunk was gone. --Bob

[MuRCieLaGo]

Would make a bit of sense. I will remove the sway bar link, and see if the clunk goes away (I know a car can drive fine without a sway bar). I'll change it if I don't hear the clunks anymore.

[RussMcB]

I changed my links recently and my original, old bushings were in very sad shape.

Originally Posted by MuRCieLaGo

Would make a bit of sense. I will remove the sway bar link, and see if the clunk goes away (I know a car can drive fine without a sway bar). I'll change it if I don't hear the clunks anymore.

FYI, (in case this saves you 10 min) - You can probably just remove one of the end link bolts, then tie-wrap the end link snugly temporarily as a test (rather than remove the entire end links).