Hi guys, when I driving my car to school yesterday it clunking in the rear and on my way back home there was no clunking, I am sure was driving the same both ways. The faster I go the faster it clunks, the sound seems to be the same at high and low speeds. I have a track day in a week and I have to go. Can someone please help me with this problem, point me the direction on what to check for.

Thank you

 

Typically Pillow ***** worn.

 

If you have a track day in a week, shouldn't this kind of stuff be caught when it's on the lift for the mandatory tech inspection?

 

what were you doing when the clunking happens? turning, stopping, bumpy roads, getting road head, going in reverse, runnig over small animals... a little more description.

have you jacked the car up and looked at any thing?? grabed a tire and shook it like a crying baby.

 

Usually clunking from the rear end means worn pillow *****. Bad pillow ***** are more noticeable when getting on and off the gas, at low speeds, in a parking lot or traffic jam. The clunk is just there when getting on and off the gas but doesnt clunk constantly (clunk clunk clunk...) or get faster depending on your speed. Can you give a better example of when the noise clunks?

Give us a bit more info and we may be able to pin point the problem. Check out my website www.j-auto.net to get an idea of what different bushings cost. Pillow ***** and differential bushings (particularly the drivers side bushing) are the most common bushings I see that failed. Toe link and trailing arm bushings are next on the list but I personally havent ran into these where they failed in such a way as to cause clunking.

 

Yes, more info. Could be the pillow *****, bushings, wheel bearing, even a bad brake caliper.

 

Should have mentioned this more than a week before a track day.....

You may not pass tech inspection = No track day for you

 

What, a clunking from a 20-year old car and you are the first to discover this...why not SEARCH??? You would have found numerous threads related to 'clunking' in the suspension.

 

I had a similar problem just as you described. In my case, the center nut holding each of the rear shocks in place at the center of the rear strut brace, not the three lateral nuts holding the strut bar in place, backed out and the shocks were rocking back and forth in their guides when I accelerated, braked, ran over a bump or did anything to cause the shock to dampen/rebound. Page R-27 in the 94 FSM shows that torque spec at 32-46 N-m. Once re-torqued, problem solved.