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Old 12-17-2008, 06:13 PM
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Ok guys i just bought a 90 civic hatch, and im having a weird clunking in the rear and getting alot of vibration in the steering wheel. The clunking is worse sometimes than other times, and sometimes when I hit the brakes it gets louder and i can feel it in the pedal.

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bad rotors, tie rods?
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warped rotors or drum maybe ~ might just adjust the one making the noise ((:

can happen when locking up the brakes for a moment and what not.

taking the wheel off and the drum then spinning it would be your best bet
then probably replacing a drum~cheap

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Loose lug nut/s? How long have you driven the car like this?
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I appreciate the help so far guys!
Killbot I have driven it just a couple hundred miles, I just got the car a couple weeks ago.
Butter thanks I will try that later if the weather gets a little nicer.
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The clunk in the rear could be broken rear trailing arm bushings.
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Default Re: clunking in rear and lots of vibration......im a honda newbie please help!

Thanks for the help guys! Ended up being a bad wheel bearing on the rear driver side, quick and simple replacement and that was solved. Car still has alot of other issues but I think im setting a good pace so far. Replaced bad tires, bad front axles and bad wheel bearing all in the first couple weeks of ownership.
Now if I can get this throwout bearing replaced and replace all the bushings on the car it might actually not be too bad to drive!
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good start on getting you new project started out right
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good start on getting you new project started out right
Yeah I figured why throw more power to it until im 100% positive the chassis and suspension is ready for it.
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Default Re: clunking in rear and lots of vibration......im a honda newbie please help!

wrong. waist all your money on a paint job and some new wheels. then worry about weather it will drive or not. thats what all the cool kids do. and dont forget the body kit!
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