Talk about a co-inky-dink! I *knock on wood* solved my problem today...
went to change my oil, had the truck up on the lift.. blahblahblah... I take
a look see underneath, and damn if the crossmember bolts had backed out. I
tightened them suckas up and thus far have killed the lil man with the
hammer.
So let this be a warning to all you little men with hammers, stay outta my
truck!!!!
> Well I fixed my clunking noise problem!!! I was experiencing a clunking
when
> I accelerated from a stop, and it used to be once a week(first happened in
> January) has now turned into a daily thing. Really whenever I acceleration
I
> get this clunk. It even happens when I put the truck in reverse. I have
even
> noticed this noise when the tranny was changing gears! Anyways, I thought
it
> was the front driveshaft's ujoints. After inspecting them, they all
appeared
> to be rather tight and had little if any slop/play in them. Well after
> having someone on the list suggest the transmission mount, I bought
> one(thanks Jon!!) and finally had a chance to install it today. It was an
> extremely simple removal, with a mere 4 bolts needed to be removed. The
old
> mount looked BAD!!.......the rubber was dry rotted and cracked. The new
> mount is a one piece design, and when I took the old one off the truck, it
> fell apart into two halves......so it was at one time one solid piece.
Over
> time the rubber could hold up anymore I guess and just blew out. I took my
> truck out and it is so smooth now when accelerating, just awesome not to
> have this clunk. I almost anticipated hearing/feeling it after pulling out
> of my driveway..............no more men with hammers hitting my
> floorboards!!!! If anyone is experiencing this noise in their Dak, dont
> blame the front driveshaft(if 4WD) or any other chassis components, check
> out that tranny mount first! Thanks again Jon for the suggestion and part!
> Kyle
> 93 Dakota 4x4 V6
>
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