I get a weird thump or clunk from the drivers side when the steering wheel is turned to make a right turn. It doesn't clunk when cruising into the turn, but if I accelerate from a stop or accelerate into a right turn it clunks. Started happening after replacing my clutch. Any suggestions?


Dan

 

Take a look at your CV boots. If they're busted, you'll have a clicking noise when you turn the steering wheel.

 

It's not the CV boots and its not a repetitive click. Just one single thump.

 

Your CV boot doesn't have to be messed up at all for the axle to be bad.

 

Are your lug nights tight?

 

Maybe a ball joint getting loose??

 

i had the same problem turning left and posted a million times about it and got no help other than cv boot .. iOno tho, because it went away, only happens once in great while now.. *shrugs* i know i still need to figure it out tho

 

i have that thumb when stoping/ accel in 1st gear for the frist 2k rpm

its not axles becuase i replace em 2 times

 

Was thinknig about replacing axles. Good input guys, keep em coming...

 

I have a clunk coming from the left wheel when making tight slow turns (i.e parking).. it clunks at a particular spot, probably after one full turn or so.. and clunks again on the way back.

its a metalic type of sound, kinda like DING CLUNK with a bit of SCRAPE in between.

any ideas? i've always thought CV but now i think its something worse, its quite loud too.

 

That's exactcly how I would describe the noise except without the scrape noise.

 

Nothing says it has to be the same thing on all your different cars, either. Drive up on ramps & look for loose bolts. Maybe loose bolts holding a subframe? Maybe loose inboard mounting points for control arms? Maybe anti-roll bar endlinks are loose?? You're each gonna have to look at all that stuff until you find something loose.

 

Jacking the car up tomorrow morning. Will keep you posted.

 

Sometimes jacking it can hide the problem. For example if a shock is getting flaky, you can jack it up & the shock will be stretched out to it's max & you can't tell it's loose. Got ramps?

 

T'was the axles yay! Felt like the CV joint was really loose. $69 bucks for the axle w/ lifetime warranty!