Hmm, I get a loud clunk everytime I put it in gear.... Do I have bad
u-joints ??
I thought it was normal....
Marty
""DAKSY"" <rsmith13@nycap.rr.com> wrote in message
news:00bd01c21192$79767920$3a1ca118@nycap.rr.com...
>
> Ok, DML...
> Talk to me....
> On the way home from work tonite, I'm accelerating thru a yield sign - not
> really getting on er - (with the radio blaring & the A/C on) & I hear a
> GAWDAWFUL noise from somewhere under(?) the DAKSY. I shut down the radio &
> A/C & roll down the window & hear nothing. I looked in the rear view to
see
> if anything had fallen in the road (not)..So I goose er a coupla
> times...still nothing. Accelerate to 30 & nothing...Turn into my street &
> start to accelerate up a small incline at about 25 mph & JAYZUS! There it
is
> again...definitely from under the DAKSY. Been awhile since this guy
changed
> out the u-joints ('68 Cuda...abt '74?), but as I remember from waaaay back
> then, the sound of a bad u-joint was more of a muffled clunk. This sounded
> like something was grinding?!?!?!
> 20 miles earlier, I had to really get on er, pullin out of work & there
was
> nothing!
> I crawled under & started shakin stuff, but nothing seems loose...
> Any ideas? Bad U-joints now equipped with grinding instead of clunking?
> Andy, didn't you just change em out?
> Help!
>
> Bob Smith (Daksy2K on AIM)
> 2K DAKSY CC Sport +
> 3.9l; V6: 4X4
> (1 of 980 2K DAKSYs mfrd)
> For the mods,details, etc., visit us at:
>
> http://home.nycap.rr.com/daksy/
>
> (ps, we're still working on it...
> Susan on the page; me on the DAKSY! )
>
>
>
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