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Offline molvad

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clunk when starting and stopping
« on: October 26, 2016, 05:29:31 PM »
Hi all, I went and looked at a 1986 AMC Eagle yesterday. Everything on it seemed pretty good considering it had 56,000 miles. My biggest concern was a slight clunk from the mid/rear end when accelerating from a stop and coming to a full stop. Any ideas on what this could be from? Something in the driveline or rear suspension?

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Re: clunk when starting and stopping
« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2016, 07:54:15 PM »
Transmission mount is a trouble spot.
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Re: clunk when starting and stopping
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2016, 11:41:41 PM »
could be a u joint gz

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Re: clunk when starting and stopping
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2016, 09:36:13 AM »
X2 on the transmission mount will clunk when first put into drive and sometimes multiple clunks if the mount is really bad

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Re: clunk when starting and stopping
« Reply #4 on: October 27, 2016, 10:34:57 AM »
I'd say trans mount
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