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Loud "click/clang" from rear end of Spitfire

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Subject: Loud "click/clang" from rear end of Spitfire
From: "Kevin B. Rhodes" <krhodes1@maine.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2001 17:17:56 -0400
Have to put the Herald project on hold for a bit - time to resurrect the 
Spitfire for the summer.

I am getting a single loud click (almost a clang - there is a musical note 
aspect to the noise)  from the driver's side rear when I start off in first 
gear. It doesn't do it in reverse, only first. Very consistent, too. I 
can't find anything loose in the suspension. My first thought was the 
u-joint, but it seems like that would make more noises than a single click. 
I do have new u-joints sitting on the shelf so I may go ahead and install 
them, as I need to take the diff out to put new seals in anyway.

Any thoughts??

Kevin Rhodes
Freddy the Spit

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