Rear thumping
12-11-07, 02:11 PM
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Rear thumping
As I got on the highway today to come home, I noticed an unusual sound coming from the rear of the car. It only happened when you had your foot on the gas and accelerated. It sounded like a thumping sound. Could I just be low on diff. fluid?
12-11-07, 04:44 PM
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Could that be loose? I read somewhere it could be the hubs?
The noise isn't coming from the middle of the car, only the rear.
The noise isn't coming from the middle of the car, only the rear.
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12-12-07, 11:25 AM
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It's been my experience with vehicles that a "thumping" noise under load from the back of the car is normaly the driveshaft. It's really easy to spot if it is by pulling up on a curb and looking underneath for a wear spot above the driveshaft.
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i had driver side axle bolts backing out and it did this, i came home one night heard a klink sound looked under my car to find an axle bold laying on the ground jacked the car up found that another one had fell out and that every one of them was loose and about to come out
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This is a prime example for proof that I overlook the small things.
I let my neighbor have my car the other day so he could put snow tires on the back for me. He owns a tire store/repair place in town and we have become pretty good friends--(I buy the tires from him at cost and he puts them on FO FREE). One of his guys must have not tightened the lugs up enough, so they were spinning freely.
I tightened them with my t-bar and the car is fine.
Talk about a scary moment. I thought I was in for a big expense.
This gives me an excuse to change my axle fluid though.
I let my neighbor have my car the other day so he could put snow tires on the back for me. He owns a tire store/repair place in town and we have become pretty good friends--(I buy the tires from him at cost and he puts them on FO FREE). One of his guys must have not tightened the lugs up enough, so they were spinning freely.
I tightened them with my t-bar and the car is fine.
Talk about a scary moment. I thought I was in for a big expense.
This gives me an excuse to change my axle fluid though.
