[V8] rear end clunk- any BTDT?

[Kneale Brownson]

Front bushing on the trapezoid arms are famous for making such noises.


At 09:21 AM 9/17/2006 -0400, J123fs at aol.com wrote:
>Hey all,
>I have a nice clunk on the rear end of my V8. Pass side- mostly on rebound,  
>like the shock mount was loose or broken spring- but, I have neither.
>I replaced the rear traverse link (some might call it a upper control arm)  
>as there was play in it. But after the repair there is still the clunk
coming 
>from the rear- seemingly on rebound, not compression of the shock, though  it 
>seems a little better, as I have removed some slop from back there.
>I then removed the Bilstein to see of the mounting nuts of shaft where  
>loose- they where not. I also articulated the rear control arm and did 
>notice  some 
>plat on the rearmost bushing. 
>Any ideas out there? 
>As a firm believer of doing the easy stuff first (rear upper link), has  
>anyone had the same issue that they resolved, I do not want just start 
>replacing  
>bushings pel-mel.