Clanking noise from rear of 300TE: What's the source?
Vehicle is a 1992 300 TE with 133k miles on it.
When I go over speed bumps and/or humps which are everywhere in my area a clanking noise is heard coming from the rear of the vehicle. I think it’s on the drivers side only, but not sure.
So far I’ve checked the following:
1- the bushings in the multi-links seem to all be intact. Car has no rust at all anywhere,
2-Makes noise if car is in neutral when I go over bump,
3-makes noise if car is in gear when I go over bump,
4-noise is not from spare tire or tools,
5-noise is not from rear windshield washer tank,
6-noise does not seem to be coming from a shock,
7-while exact location of noise is hard to pinpoint, it seem to be coming right from behind the tire, i.e., wheel,
8-condition of supporting joint at bottom of rear wheel carrier looks poor,
9-Muffler and rest of exhaust system is not source of noise.
So does anyone have any idea what the source of the sound might be?
RE: Clanking noise from rear of 300TE: What's the source?
Can you have someone drive your car slowly over some bumps while you listen from outside?
I had this sort of noise from my left rear wheel. It sounded like shaking a bag with a couple of wrenches inside. I finally stopped it by reinstalling the brake pads with a lot of anti-squeal paste.
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