Drive Shaft Coupler failure
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Safety Car
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From: Dearborn Heights Michigan
Drive Shaft Coupler failure
What are symptoms of Drive Shaft Coupler failure?
Have a 2000 manual, highly modified with about 475 HP.
Have a clunk noise in the rear when hitting a bump.
Have checked sway bar, shock mounts and all suspension parts and they are tight.
Have a 2000 manual, highly modified with about 475 HP.
Have a clunk noise in the rear when hitting a bump.
Have checked sway bar, shock mounts and all suspension parts and they are tight.
Le Mans Master
Joined: May 2007
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From: Belleville Mich.
Cat back where it crosses over the axles?
" " comes close to the differential?
Differential nuts loose where it attaches to cradle?
Broken rear shock?
Ball joint?
C/arm bushing?
Are you sure the sway bar is not broken where it attached w/the U shaped clamp?
I would think the coupler if bad would stay in tune with the the rpm's
when moving & not when hitting bumps.
" " comes close to the differential?
Differential nuts loose where it attaches to cradle?
Broken rear shock?
Ball joint?
C/arm bushing?
Are you sure the sway bar is not broken where it attached w/the U shaped clamp?
I would think the coupler if bad would stay in tune with the the rpm's
when moving & not when hitting bumps.
Tech Contributor
Joined: Aug 2008
Posts: 2,902
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From: Oak Hill Virginia
Cat back where it crosses over the axles?
" " comes close to the differential?
Differential nuts loose where it attaches to cradle?
Broken rear shock?
Ball joint?
C/arm bushing?
Are you sure the sway bar is not broken where it attached w/the U shaped clamp?
I would think the coupler if bad would stay in tune with the the rpm's
when moving & not when hitting bumps.
" " comes close to the differential?
Differential nuts loose where it attaches to cradle?
Broken rear shock?
Ball joint?
C/arm bushing?
Are you sure the sway bar is not broken where it attached w/the U shaped clamp?
I would think the coupler if bad would stay in tune with the the rpm's
when moving & not when hitting bumps.
failed couplers would feel and sound like driving over rumble strips at anything over 50 mph.
