mortinson - 2/26/2005 12:44 PM
In my experience, that clunk that you hear comes from the tail gate, and more specifically it is caused by wear or bad adjustment of the plastic and metal pieces that you will find in both the back door and the "frame", holding one to the other. If they are worn, you could adjust them and you will get rid of the noise for a while, but it will come back. In this case the only solution is to spend a few $$$ replacing both of them. If they are not worn the following procedure should work:
To adjust fit the one to the back door tightly and the other one loosely and then shut the door, Then open the door slowly making sure than you hold the piece that attaches to the frame in position. Then secure this piece tightly.
I did this to my truck and the noise disappeared!
These are the bits I am referring to:
Good luck,
That sounds like the culprit. Thank you very much!