Re: Clunking Sound

From: Chris lang (langcj@clarkson.edu)
Date: Thu Oct 08 1998 - 19:49:36 EDT


My clunk happens whenever I hit the gas if i push VERY slowly on the pedal
on the highway it dosent happen but at all other times it does, as soon as
i hit the gas i get an audible clunk that I can feel in my foot too.

Chris

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Steiger <stei0302@cs.fredonia.edu>
To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Date: Thursday, October 08, 1998 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Clunking Sound

>On Thu, 8 Oct 1998, Chris lang wrote:
>
>> Does anyone have any idea how long a suregrip lasts and how they die?
>> Do they just stop working or do they burn up the rearend or somthing...
>>
>> Mine's a 93 with 55,000 miles on it
>>
>
> I had about 53,000 on my '96 when my rearend went. They said
>everything was torn up pretty good, but the main things were
>the spider gears and the carrier. My first symptoms were a
>clunk while turning. At first it felt like running over a
>branch or a rock or something, the later I could actually feel a
>"catch" as I turned. There may be other symptoms, but one
>thing to watch for is that clunk or snap while turning.
>
>
> -Jon-
>
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