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Hey Rip..A few from the Inland Empire Mustang Club are going over...I am headed to Central ID...Have fun in Billings...
You put on that Dynotech...you will be amazed! I was!
157db, did you hear the clunk every time you shifted? This is something I only hear now and then. I heard it once today during a 45 minute drive in medium to heavy traffic, but that was it.
It hardly seems like something that would be normal, as it sounds problematic enough that I would think Ford's quality control people would have addressed the problem.
Not everytime.
Mostly when the situation arose that cause the driveshaft flange
to shift or slip. Not everytime between shifts, no.
I simple retorqued the bolts after preloading the flange in the take-off
direction like brake rotors need to be.....
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I have heard the same since new...not sure where the slop is here, but it's normal. I usually hear it when I'm coming to a stop while turning (to back into my parking spot). It does it whether in gear or not, but at a slow pace close to actually stopping. Wierd. I think it's slop in the rear end from factory spacing inside, but that's only a guess. I actually get to tear into my rear soon to replace my axle bearings (burnt one up on the strip ), so I'll see if I can find anything like this.
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I asked a one of my friends who is very knowledgeable about these things and he tells me a LOT of people are experiencing this; believe there is a TSB on it, but it's normal as no one has had an actual problem resulting from it...yet.
As far as the UCA goes, I was thinking that may be the origin myself. I noted the bolt being 14mm, holes on the factory UCA being the same, and the mount hole being 16mm allowing slop, thus the clunking sound. I know that a lot of the aftermarket UCAs now come with metal "bushings" of sorts that eliminate the slop in the mounting location vs. the bolt. I ordered a Steeda one and will let you know if it solves my clunk or not once I get my DSS driveshaft in (actually fried the rear CV connection in the stocker at the track, not my axle bearings, heh).
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What kind of 1/4 mile gains did you all get from the 1 piece DS?
Quoting Steeda's website:
"Weighing 24lbs less than the factory GT model driveshaft this 1 piece driveshaft greatly reduces rotating mass giving you up to 2 tenths improvement in 1/4 mile performance!"
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), so I'll see if I can find anything like this.
