<div dir="auto">I chased after a "rear end" clunk for years. Decided it was in the differential, and decided to replace it with a Nissan R200 limited slip after replacing u-joints and checking mounts many times. When I was installing the differential and new, shortened drive shaft I discovered one of the transmission mount bolts had gone missing.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you are not finding it, may be worth expanding your search, however, the only when cold thing is a bit of a head scratcher.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">BTW, very glad I did the diff swap, even though it was not the cause of the clunk, car is much quieter, especially with the top up.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Greg Lemon</div><div dir="auto">TR250</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jan 27, 2022, 9:10 AM Alex & Janet Thomson <<a href="mailto:aljlthomson@charter.net">aljlthomson@charter.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="m_4306537168848117474WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Don’t rule out worn driveshaft U-joints or worn/loose mounting bushings on the differential itself.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Alex Thomson<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> 6pack [mailto:<a href="mailto:6pack-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">6pack-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href="mailto:otral@juno.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">otral@juno.com</a><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 27, 2022 9:43 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:6pack@autox.team.net" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">6pack@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [6pack] Rear end clunk<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Twenty years of rear end clunk when I put it in reverse with cold engine and I'm tired of it. But as soon as the engine warms up it disappears and i dismiss it. Do I bite the bullet and get it checked out? I'm sure my mechanic will say get it fixed. And how much do you think a repaired rear end will cost me? <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Al in CT with 74 French Blue<u></u><u></u></p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">____________________________________________________________</span><br><a href="https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock&utm_source=mktg&utm_medium=taglines&utm_campaign=nzlifelk_launch&utm_content=tag695&promoCode=A34454" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#004080;text-decoration:none">Choose to be safer online.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";text-decoration:none"><br></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black;text-decoration:none">Opt-in to Cyber Safety with NortonLifeLock.<br>Plans starting as low as $6.95 per month.*<br></span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"><a href="https://store.netzero.net/account/showService.do?serviceId=nz-nLifeLock&utm_source=mktg&utm_medium=taglines&utm_campaign=nzlifelk_launch&utm_content=tag695&promoCode=A34454" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">NetZero.com/NortonLifeLock</a></span> <u></u><u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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