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Re: [T3] Rear end clunking sound?


hi
  there is a captive nut that the bolt you screwed into holds the shock at
the top if this has spun in its housing you will not have really got the
bolt up tight.

only solution drill a hole on the suspension arm to the rear of it and weld
it solid again then weld the hole you just made back up ask me how i know!!

other possibility is that the spaced bushings that sit between the body of
the car and the top of the shock tower over years have become squashed !
lift the mat in the rear just next to the top of the strut tower on the
cargo floor you will find a peice of the floor that will lift up just next
to the wheel well try tightening this bolt that pulls the body to the shock
tower.

sad thing is these rubber dougnuts that space the body st these points are
probably gone for most of us new ones are unheard of and the only real
solution would be self manufacture weather you go solid here would be up to
you.

these mounts may acount for why some people have more problems than others
fitting aftermarket carbs and even the typ4 engine conversion.

personally i am going to solid aluminum mount in this area then i can forget
it forever!


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