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Old Jan 25, 2017 | 07:08 PM
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Default Thump on left side when I accelerate heavy

I just got a 98 civic coupe with a y7 motor swap,when I bought it the guys said it had a bad ball joint,and upon further inspection l,it seemed that the ball joints were fine but both top and bottom rear trailing arm bushings top and bottom are gone,the car has a Terrible ride,and pulls to the left,and the left rear tire sags way lower than all of the others,,first thing I need to know,what should I replace besides the obvious trailing arm bushings.the second problem I have is under the from left side when I accelerate hard,or up hill,there is a hard clunking and clicking,and the car seems to rise a bit,then is fine.nothing happens when I turn or anything else,I have Jacked the car up and inspected the control arms and other links and bushings they seem fine,but when I rotate the forward and back when in park there is a little more than and in of play, and my axle seems to have a small amount of play going into the diff,all of my mounts are new,
can someone please help me fix this
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Old Jan 26, 2017 | 05:58 AM
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This is a pretty classic driver side upper engine mount issue. But...are you saying all your engine/trans mounts are new?
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Old Jan 27, 2017 | 08:40 PM
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This is a pretty classic driver side upper engine mount issue. But...are you saying all your engine/trans mounts are new?
The car got a motor swap before I got it,and when I look at the mounts they all look either new or not really work at all,and I popped the hood and reved the motor to high rpm,and I did not see any jump or hear the noise,could it be possible it only happens when it's under load
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Old Jan 29, 2017 | 06:52 AM
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Have someone put the brakes on and put load on the engine while you stand outside and watch it with the hood popped.
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Old Mar 18, 2017 | 09:48 AM
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Default Re: Thump on left side when I accelerate heavy

Originally Posted by Nathan808
my axle seems to have a small amount of play
could be the culprit
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