So ever since I bought this car in 2010 it has had the clunk in the rear, and not just a little bit, this was super-clunk. It sounded like someone hitting the bottom of the car with a sledge kind of clunk.
I tried many things, I bought a billet differential cover, larger subframe bolts, aluminum bushings from FTBR for the front support, I did all sorts of things to try and fix it. Apparently I forgot to use my brain and take a good hard look at the parts under there. My issue for 2+ years? The 18mm bolt holding the diff cover bushing.
I actually stuck my fingers on it today while I had the car on the lift, and while it seemed snug the last time I tried to crank on it, it was backed out so far it was up against the toe link (?), maybe about 1.5" of threads hanging out.
I got it all the way out and put some blue thread locker and stuck it back in being sure to crank it all the way down and guess what, NO CLUNK! Completely gone, and along with it this horrible squeak the car would make over big bumps and a rhythmic squeaking noise which I was sure was coming from the brakes. Also helped my car get moving a lot more smoothly with the Spec 3+ clutch without all of that slack. Its like driving a whole new car. I can't believe I kept missing this for so much time, but you couldn't see it at all because the link bolts right in front of it.
I tried many things, I bought a billet differential cover, larger subframe bolts, aluminum bushings from FTBR for the front support, I did all sorts of things to try and fix it. Apparently I forgot to use my brain and take a good hard look at the parts under there. My issue for 2+ years? The 18mm bolt holding the diff cover bushing.
I actually stuck my fingers on it today while I had the car on the lift, and while it seemed snug the last time I tried to crank on it, it was backed out so far it was up against the toe link (?), maybe about 1.5" of threads hanging out.
I got it all the way out and put some blue thread locker and stuck it back in being sure to crank it all the way down and guess what, NO CLUNK! Completely gone, and along with it this horrible squeak the car would make over big bumps and a rhythmic squeaking noise which I was sure was coming from the brakes. Also helped my car get moving a lot more smoothly with the Spec 3+ clutch without all of that slack. Its like driving a whole new car. I can't believe I kept missing this for so much time, but you couldn't see it at all because the link bolts right in front of it.
