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loud clank sound

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:23 am
by yoshie1976
I replaced my rear driveshaft last week. It drove fine for 4 or five days, and today as I was pulling away from a stop light there was a loud clank. Next stop light, the same thing happened. Any ideas what might be causing this or where to begin? (My bronco is a manual transmission) Also, this past weekend, I had several instances of what sounded like I was running over rumble strips. I am thinking that it might be the wheel bearings. So, maybe the clanking sound has something more to do with the need for wheel bearings and ball joints in the front end and it's just the timing of it that threw me and made be believe that it had something to do with the drive shaft or rear end.

Re: loud clank sound

Posted: Tue Feb 02, 2010 6:33 pm
by kolton
check your U-joints.
do you feel it when you start to go foreward/backward from a dead stop?

Re: loud clank sound

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 6:20 pm
by drofman
might check your motor mounts and tranny mount. I think kolton was thinking the same thing when you start forewards or back up.

Re: loud clank sound

Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 7:03 pm
by kolton
x2 ^

my wheel berings used to come loose all the time. and thats not really one of the sounds i heard. not saying its not possible though.