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So I just recently purchased my first SVT. It was pretty neglected by the previous owner but I didn't mind the project. I've fixed 80% of the issues however this one is really giving me some issues.
The issue:
When driving down the road there is a very loud clunking noise the car makes. It's fairly bad too. It sounds almost like an extremely worn ball joint. I'm pretty sure it's coming from the driver side. At least it sounds like it. At 60+ mph it turns into more of a chattering noise. It goes away with about 1/3 - 1/2 throttle and when you brake.
What I've checked:
I had the car on jackstands this weekend and checked for work ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings, sway bar links, motor mounts, and control arms. Everything seems pretty solid. The only thing that seems slightly off is there is a little bit of up & down and side to side play on the inner driver side CV shaft. Where it goes into the transmission.
The only thing I can really think of is maybe a bad carrier bearing on that driver side axle. I've looked through a lot of pages on a lot of Forms and I can't find anyone thats ever had an issue with the carrier bearings though. Plus at low speeds it seems like a pretty aggressive noise for such a little amount of play. Anyone have any ideas or had a similar issue? Thanks!
The issue:
When driving down the road there is a very loud clunking noise the car makes. It's fairly bad too. It sounds almost like an extremely worn ball joint. I'm pretty sure it's coming from the driver side. At least it sounds like it. At 60+ mph it turns into more of a chattering noise. It goes away with about 1/3 - 1/2 throttle and when you brake.
What I've checked:
I had the car on jackstands this weekend and checked for work ball joints, tie rods, wheel bearings, sway bar links, motor mounts, and control arms. Everything seems pretty solid. The only thing that seems slightly off is there is a little bit of up & down and side to side play on the inner driver side CV shaft. Where it goes into the transmission.
The only thing I can really think of is maybe a bad carrier bearing on that driver side axle. I've looked through a lot of pages on a lot of Forms and I can't find anyone thats ever had an issue with the carrier bearings though. Plus at low speeds it seems like a pretty aggressive noise for such a little amount of play. Anyone have any ideas or had a similar issue? Thanks!