Hello, got the metal clanking noise from back of the car whenever going over bumps. Gets worse as you drive it. Any ideas?

 

dose it sound like a axle claking

 

I don't know what axle claking sound like.

 

that what it sound like to me what year is it and how many miles

 

2000 s2000 lol it rythms with 57k miles

 

your rear might be going bad.

mine clicks when im engagingthe clutch in 1st or reverse

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Black S2K &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">your rear might be going bad.

mine clicks when im engagingthe clutch in 1st or reverse </TD></TR></TABLE> Mine was doing the same thing! It doesnt make the sound any more so Ill pretend it fixed it self!

 

it doesn't click, and it's not when shifting. You'll hear it only when going over bumps.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yuning83 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">it doesn't click, and it's not when shifting. You'll hear it only when going over bumps. </TD></TR></TABLE> put your car on a lift or jack it up and lift up on the wheels and see if it makes the sound. It should be easer to find out what is making the sound...

 

I tried that already, couldn't reproduce the noise in my garage

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by yuning83 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Hello, got the metal clanking noise from back of the car whenever going over bumps. Gets worse as you drive it. Any ideas?</TD></TR></TABLE>

check your swaybar nushings and swaylinks, they may be worn out.

i have a clanking noixe but it happens when driving the car in reverse and stoping, right as you are stoping it makes the noise. i don't wanna mess with it so i'll let the warranty take care of it

 

no it wasn't the sway. First thing I thought was something loose down here, but the sway and the struct bar are all tight and nothing is loose... I have searched a bit, ppl say something about cv joint, and I'm pretty sure it's not the wheel bearing because it will make whooshing sound just by moving.

 

After searching a bit more, I'm narrowing it down to the ball joint. Anyone had that replaced before?

here is a pretty useful link too

http://www.popularmechanics.co....html

 

Ok just let you know all what happened. The mechanic found that my rear caliper bolts are missing. Must of been loose and poped off while the car is moving. Make sure you all check that if you work on your own brakes and ended up with the same problem. I'm paying 105 bucks just to have them check it and it will cost me 105 bucks to replace them stupid bolts... I could of done that myself for free... well lesson learned. Hope someone find this post useful to fix their own clanking noise...