Sunny day, good day to play. Threw a new battery in the vert, dropped the top and drove around enjoying the great weather.
I noticed a sound after making a right turn at an intersection, thinking it was a beater next to me, only to find it was me. I pulled into the nearest parking lot and found that I was hearing a clunk every 1/2 rotation of the rear wheels.
I had it put on a flatbed and now the vert is in my driveway. Raised the rear on stands, crawled under and visually inspected. Guibo, center bearing and nuts to driveshaft all look good. Axle boots are cracked, but looked normal otherwise. spun the rear wheels and I'd get a slight clunk, whick I've always associated with about 1/4" or so play in the diff when rotating the wheels from forward to reverse and back. No holes in the diff case, no signs of any leaks. I run Redline Gear oil in the diff itself. All bolts/nuts I could see are intact. Diff mount is intact.
Rear joint on the drive shaft looked intact. I could not see the forward universal joint closer to the CSB. Nothing really looks out of place visually. Dropped the vert back down and moved it foward under power. Clunk, clunk about every foot. (Only moved 2 ft). It sounds like the CSB is loose/off.
I'll get the car back up tomorrow and see if I can pull the heat shield to inspect the CSB. I did just replace it and the Guibo last week, so that the first place I'm suspecting...
Just posting here in case someone else had any similar experiences that they had not posted yet. (I did search, no clear match)
Thanks!
(oops, created this yesterday, but never hit post....)
I noticed a sound after making a right turn at an intersection, thinking it was a beater next to me, only to find it was me. I pulled into the nearest parking lot and found that I was hearing a clunk every 1/2 rotation of the rear wheels.
I had it put on a flatbed and now the vert is in my driveway. Raised the rear on stands, crawled under and visually inspected. Guibo, center bearing and nuts to driveshaft all look good. Axle boots are cracked, but looked normal otherwise. spun the rear wheels and I'd get a slight clunk, whick I've always associated with about 1/4" or so play in the diff when rotating the wheels from forward to reverse and back. No holes in the diff case, no signs of any leaks. I run Redline Gear oil in the diff itself. All bolts/nuts I could see are intact. Diff mount is intact.
Rear joint on the drive shaft looked intact. I could not see the forward universal joint closer to the CSB. Nothing really looks out of place visually. Dropped the vert back down and moved it foward under power. Clunk, clunk about every foot. (Only moved 2 ft). It sounds like the CSB is loose/off.
I'll get the car back up tomorrow and see if I can pull the heat shield to inspect the CSB. I did just replace it and the Guibo last week, so that the first place I'm suspecting...
Just posting here in case someone else had any similar experiences that they had not posted yet. (I did search, no clear match)
Thanks!
(oops, created this yesterday, but never hit post....)
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