You're certainly headed in the right direction. You might be able to slide the half shafts back and forth to simulate the clunking if you've lost a substantial ammount of grease from your CV boots. The only other possiblility that I know of is that the bearing in the rear hub could be shifting. -Christian On Thu, 14 Aug 2003, Phil Priestley wrote: > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* > Since I bought #2105 she has had a thunk in the passengers side rear > end and a howl at speeds over 20 mph. The thunk usually only shows up > when you first back her up after sitting for a while and on right hand > turns from a dead stop. I changed out the TAB's and the bushings for > them and that seems to have gotten rid of the howling but the thunk is > still there. While I was under there i checked the motor and tranny > mounts and didn't see anything unusual. > > Awhile back i checked the bolts that secure the engine cross brace and > found one was loose a couple turns and the other one was just sitting > in the the hole, not threaded in a bit. Tightening them up quieted the > thunk to a much less obnoxious level and greatly improved the cornering. > > I'm starting to think its caused by CV joints? Am I heading in the > right direction? If so, would servicing solve this? Anything else that > could cause this? > > > Phil Priestley > Alessandros 120 > (503)370-9951 > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >