A clunk going into gear (on an auto) is normal. While accelerating it's
not.
Martin Nowak wrote:
> Hmm, I get a loud clunk everytime I put it in gear.... Do I have bad
> u-joints ??
>
> I thought it was normal....
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> Marty
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> ""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
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> is
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>>again...definitely from under the DAKSY. Been awhile since this guy
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> changed
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>>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
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> was
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>>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!
-- -andy andylevy@yahoo.com Maintainer, DML FAQ - http://www.dakota-truck.net/faq/ http://home.twcny.rr.com/andylevy/dakota/ '99 CC 4x4 318 auto
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