Hi Rick One prolific list contributor, Scott Turbovans, always chimes in with "Re-Check the last 'fix' you've done when you encounter a new problem" Good Advice, for sure. You may want to make sure you got the shocks in there properly. Motor mount, that is a good guess...Lug nuts could be loose, too. Or the "front" transmission mount could be worn. Don Hanson On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 9:23 PM, Richard Duvernay < richard.duvernay@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > Greetings- > > I''m a new subscriber to the listserve (2 weeks). I purchased a 91 westy > manual about a month ago > and this weekend took it out for the first real test. A 600 mile trip in > southern/central Oregon to camp along > the umpqua river. All went great until the last two miles. As we got off > the freeway on the deceleration ramp > there was a loud clunking in the driver's side rear axle area. It happens > only when foot is off the gas. Any thoughts > on what this might be or how I should go about diagnosing the problem? I > changed out the shocks last week and the > cv boots all looked intact and in good shape. Any thoughts before I crawl > under and poke around or I take it to a shop > would be appreciated. Thanks. > > Rick D > 91 Westy > 189,000 (heads never off..so I was told) > |
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