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Re: Loud "click/clang" from rear end of Spitfire

To: "Kevin B. Rhodes" <krhodes1@maine.rr.com>, spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Loud "click/clang" from rear end of Spitfire
From: Laura.G@141.com (Laura Gharazeddine)
Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2001 16:17:29 -0600
U-Joints. Seems like they go out on the drivers side first. 

My 2 cents,

Laura G.

> 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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