Rear making clunking sounds
#1
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Rear making clunking sounds
I have a MY00 S2000 with ~140k and whenever I take spirited left turns, the rear will make a continuous clunking sound which can be felt through my seat.
My car is lowered on HKS Hipermax and I do have axle spacers.
However, when I take spirited right turns, there is no clunking sound no matter how hard I take that turn.
When I go over bumps anything over 25mph, I can heard a clunk.
It does sound like the clunking is coming from the driver's rear but I can't be 100% sure.
Thus trying to find out the problem, I have replaced the rear passenger axle (old had lots of play, new has no play), differential (with a lower mileage one), and rear driver's toe rod as the boot was torn (installed a new toe rod).
Also, I re-tighten just about every single bolt in the rear end and none were loose.
Rear driver's axle has no play, Hipermax are almost new and even after installing all these new parts, it still makes the clunking sound when I take spirited left turns.
The shop I go to is out of ideas of why it does that.
Anyone with an idea, please let me know.
Thanks.
My car is lowered on HKS Hipermax and I do have axle spacers.
However, when I take spirited right turns, there is no clunking sound no matter how hard I take that turn.
When I go over bumps anything over 25mph, I can heard a clunk.
It does sound like the clunking is coming from the driver's rear but I can't be 100% sure.
Thus trying to find out the problem, I have replaced the rear passenger axle (old had lots of play, new has no play), differential (with a lower mileage one), and rear driver's toe rod as the boot was torn (installed a new toe rod).
Also, I re-tighten just about every single bolt in the rear end and none were loose.
Rear driver's axle has no play, Hipermax are almost new and even after installing all these new parts, it still makes the clunking sound when I take spirited left turns.
The shop I go to is out of ideas of why it does that.
Anyone with an idea, please let me know.
Thanks.
#4
Could be the LSD. If it is I don't know what to tell you. I lived with a TR4 for years with the clunk and no problems. I assumed it was from normal wear and quickly learned to live with it.
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#6
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However, I am living with it.
As the speed increases during spirited left turns, the continuous clunking gets louder and faster.
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Originally Posted by JackS' timestamp='1309850087' post='20746711
Could be the LSD. If it is I don't know what to tell you. I lived with a TR4 for years with the clunk and no problems. I assumed it was from normal wear and quickly learned to live with it.
However, I am living with it.
As the speed increases during spirited left turns, the continuous clunking gets louder and faster.
#10
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Thank you guys for the help.
I have tried shaking the wheel to see if there's any play but there isn't so I don't believe the wheel bearings are going bad.
How do you tell if the sway bar end links are going bad?
Or do I remove the sway bar and take spirited left turns and if there is no more clunking then I relate the problem to the end links?
I have tried shaking the wheel to see if there's any play but there isn't so I don't believe the wheel bearings are going bad.
How do you tell if the sway bar end links are going bad?
Or do I remove the sway bar and take spirited left turns and if there is no more clunking then I relate the problem to the end links?