Help is needed...confusion involved

HONES · petrol head Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 1786

Well the story is when i pull a second geary or gunn it around a corner i hear a clunk noise from about under the park brake...so i jacked the car up and noticed that i was missing a bolt at the middle kinda back end of the tailshaft and one was fair loose.
So i got another bolt off my old car and tightened the other one up (all are tight as a virgin now). So i took it for a test-thrash and its still doing it. Its coming from just out of the gearbox or around there.
The noise isnt a big clunk but alot of little clunk noises like the tailshaft is banging up against something about 5 times a second (what it sounds like)

Dad seems to think a new rubber seal from the middle of the tailshaft coz he can push it up half an inch or so.

Has anyone got any ideas coz its really starting to get to me...cant even have a decent thrash.
haha
Cheers

Jones

Shark · tinkerer Joined: 03 Dec 2001 Posts: 226

Check that those rear metal brake lines haven't come loose from the clips. I had the same description happen to me a while back, easy fix if thats the case.

Sam

gemie chick · tinkerer Joined: 06 Oct 2001 Posts: 94

yeh! deb and i got the same prob... i got a stock exhaust manifold on mine, so it comes loose every day. when its a lil' loose i get that same noise, when its tight i dont.
and with debs car it was loud as all shit and really quite concerning so we had a good look and it seems that the extractors were attempting to modify that brace/bracket type support that goes along just above where the pipe goes under...must just be too close and when ya give 'er a thrashin, esp. turning left i think, the engine just kinda tourqes into it...
hope this helps
Greg

HONES · petrol head Joined: 04 Feb 2002 Posts: 1786

thanks greg/deb

Ill have a look and let u know.
Cheers
Jones