clunking noise from rear when slowing
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#14
+1 on u-joints.
Haven't done it on one of these trucks, but on other vehicles it is cheap (like $10 - 15 per set, one set needed at each the front and rear of the driveshaft (2 total)).
It is also a simple DIY job (at least on other vehicles I have worked on). So simple and cheap it would be worth it simply as a troubleshooting step, and if that is not it, well, you have new u-joints for a few bucks and an hour's time (or less).
Is it that simple on these trucks too?
Haven't done it on one of these trucks, but on other vehicles it is cheap (like $10 - 15 per set, one set needed at each the front and rear of the driveshaft (2 total)).
It is also a simple DIY job (at least on other vehicles I have worked on). So simple and cheap it would be worth it simply as a troubleshooting step, and if that is not it, well, you have new u-joints for a few bucks and an hour's time (or less).
Is it that simple on these trucks too?
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#16
Drop the driveshaft and pull the u-joints. My truck was doing this for quite some time, and when I pulled the driveshaft I found a u-joint with a broken cap. The needle bearings had washed out who-knows-when, so every time I would accelerate or de-accelerate, the shaft would wobble, or flop, on that slight axis, making a clunk sound.