have you checked ball joints? best way to see if they are good is to jack
the truck up so the front tires are off the ground a little and put a bar
under it and lift to see if there is any accesive play . just moving the
tire by hand wont give you a good test.
TTYL
ChrisC
----- Original Message -----
From: <NVMYDakota@aol.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, September 26, 2000 10:09 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Horrible Clunking Noise on 93 2wd PLEASE HELP!
> In a message dated 9/25/00 10:40:09 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
> nonlabel@earthlink.net writes:
>
> > Greg, I assume you've already checked the U joints? sometimes it can be
hard
> > to detect play just visually.
>
> The ujoints are WAY good, theres no play at all when shakin the
driveshaft...
> Very good there. I replaced the tranny mount, I tightened the Upper
Control
> arm bolts (all of them) and the noise persists. I tried ym friend Motor
> Mount test (set ebrake, hold brake to floor with truck in drive, give it
ehll
> and see how much engien moves. Less than one inch, he says thats all
good, I
> have no reason to doubt him. So now what? I am thinking I'll get
lowering
> springs for the front, slap em in, adn then get it alligned, and tell them
to
> make sure of tightnesses....
>
> Greg
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