Chumpaumpalumpa
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- Jun 16, 2014
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La Habra,
California
What's up tuners! So this has been an ongoing issue since I purchased the car almost a year ago but it's really starting to concern me so I decided to look more into it. There is a clunking, rotary sound (you can hear it's with something turning or spinning) whenever I make a left hand turn going fast enough to load the suspension up a bit or turning sharp enough to do so. The sound gets louder and worse if accelerating through the corner and seems to get worse still with increased speed. It sounds again like a clunking almost grinding noise and you can feel it in the gear stick when it is making this noise. It also seems more prominent when in neutral. It NEVER has done it on a right turn and here's the kicker which I discovered today. I couldn't get it to make the noise with the engine off. So I feared the crank slamming into the block or something is the culprit because this motor was supposedly just rebuilt by Fftec so I thought maybe they installed something wrong. But I feel like I would have all kinds of other issues if that were the case so I'm at a loss as to what is causing this. Any light that could be shed on this is very much appreciated. This also pertains to the car in my profile. Thank you.
Edit: And if I reverse slowly with the wheel all the way left then turn all the way right (like you would pulling out of a parking spot) just before I hit the stop in the steering there is one clunk, as if slop is being taken up which made me think CV joint but I couldn't seem to replicate the noise with the motor off as I stated previously which is very confusing.
Edit: And if I reverse slowly with the wheel all the way left then turn all the way right (like you would pulling out of a parking spot) just before I hit the stop in the steering there is one clunk, as if slop is being taken up which made me think CV joint but I couldn't seem to replicate the noise with the motor off as I stated previously which is very confusing.
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