drivetrain clunking

[Richard van der Hoff]

On Mon, 1 Dec 2003, mike mcclurg wrote:

> One possibility is that the splines at the end of the
> drive shaft and inside the hub are worn. I recently
> had this happen to a Sterling. The splines were worn
> so badly that whenever you changed directions or
> shifted gears, you got a clunk. It's a wonder that it
> hadn't started spinning! Currently fixed with JB Weld,
> but not planning on rallying the car.

Hmm, well, that's a thought; though as you say, you'd expect that to
happen when you change direction either way - mine's definitely only one
way (a sudden slow down triggers it, revving the engine and dumping the
clutch doesn't).

Hope your repair holds out!

Thanks,

Rich