[s-cars] RE: clank

[Marc Nguyen]

>Have any of you out there experienced a noise from your drivetrain that
> sounds like a a hollow clank clank clank.
>
>Could a worn U-Joint or carrier bearing on the driveshaft make this noise?
>Any ideas or suggestions would be much appreciated. I drove around in a
> parking lot tonight for a half-hour until a cop stopped me and told me
>it was ate and I should go home!

I had a similar noise a couple of months ago.  A metallic clank, clank, clank that would happen usually when pulling away from a stop under moderate to heavy acceleration.  I could also get it to happen more often when starting on a hill.  It turned out to be one of the heat shields in the drive-shaft "tunnel" had dropped away from the body of the car a bit and the drive shaft was banging against it.  Of course, the drive shaft may be flexing a bit more because of a bad joint and/or bearing too.

Marc
'93 S4
'85 urQ
'87 4kq

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