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Old 04-13-2006, 08:55 AM
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I have a 93 lx 5.0 and Just put in a set of chassis engineering lower control arms and a new rear end with 4:10 gears. Everything was fine before I did the swap but now when I brake and am almost stopped I hear a metal to metal clunk underneath the car on the aft passenger side of the car. now when I did the rear end swap I did completely disassemble the brakes and might not have put the passenger rear back together right because of a time restraint but I also checked to see if everything was tight between the lower arms and rear end and it is. I still have the stock torque boxes and the stock upper control arms, but dont think anything is broken because the car drove without problems before hand, and when I switched over I took the car around the parking lot for a very light test drive and noticed the problem almost every time I stopped. any suggestions would be greatly apprecciated

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Old 04-13-2006, 11:01 AM
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when there was noise coming from my moms taurus when braking, it was the jack in the trunk slamming into the something lol when she hit the breaks.
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Old 04-17-2006, 02:35 AM
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no it sounds like something from underneath the car i cant figure the dang thing out though because i cant duplicate the problem on the lift.
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Old 04-17-2006, 02:38 AM
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Did you remember to bolt the rear sway bar back up?
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Old 04-17-2006, 04:07 AM
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sure did ... and even took off my wheels double checked and re torqued them again ... man I am going crazy. It literally sounds like a little midget is banging on the floor board with a hammer, and when I have a passenger it sounds like hes using a sledge. but when i am braking downhill while on one of those huge speed humps the bang turns into a repaeted bang drags like it might be the brakes or something but you wouldnt feel the brakes in the damn floor board I wouldnt think.

I am losing my mind
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Old 04-17-2006, 05:31 AM
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hahahh well something is hitting it either way, either tranny problems, exhaust hitting or something up with the 4:10's still dont get why people get them. I have 3:73's on the Turbo 331 and they seem way too lay
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Old 04-29-2006, 04:50 PM
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The problem ended up being the passenger rear brake catching and slamming against the drum because the parking brake was sticking.
thanks for the help anyways guys.
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