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Clunking noise in back? Shocks?

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Old 04-23-2009, 06:33 PM
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There is a clunking noise that comes from the rear suspension of my car. It occurs only when I am costing over bumps, when I accelerate, it does not happen. I can re-produce it if I lift the back of the car up hand and let it back down. The vertical shocks do their job, meaning they are nice and tight and when I adjust them from 5 to 1, there is a massive difference in stiffness when you push down on the back of the car. They are Tokico 5-ways. Is it possible for them to be bad and make this noise, even when they still "work"? Is it the quad shocks? I guess I can pull both the quads and the vertical shocks off and see it they make that noise. I did a brief check of bolt tightness and bushings and they all seem ok to me? It is also not the hatch, because I was testing the shocks with it open. What do you guys think? THANKS!!
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Old 04-23-2009, 07:22 PM
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How do the bushings on your axle look?

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Old 04-23-2009, 07:23 PM
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have someone bounce it to reproduce the sound while you feel around under there to locate the source
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