I had the top mounting bolt of my rear shock a little loose for a long time. I looked and looked, pushing and prying on stuff under there. I found it when I had the wheel off...The top shock mounts at the rear take a pretty big torque to tighten properly..at least given my shocks and mounts. Don Hanson On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 6:21 AM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@gmail.com> wrote: > I had a terrible time tracking down a clunking that turned out to be worn > brake shoes. Replacing the shoes made the problem go away. This was after > two different shops looked through the brake components to try to find it. > Upon examination it didn't look like anything was wrong, but it just made > sense since nothing else was loose that the only moving parts in the > assembly—the shoes—must have been making the clunk, and they were. > > As Dennis says, the loose nut is fatal so check for that first, then the > backing plate. If not those nor the CV, it's probably the shoes. > > Jim > > |
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