I have a noise coming from what sounds like the left side rear that's a clunk clunk sound that has the rhythm of the speed of the final drive or rotation of the stub axles. It happens once the car has been driven for about 10 miles and appears to be most pronounced under acceleration and seems to go away or hard to hear when the clutch is depressed. It happened today then after about another 8 miles it went away or got really hard to hear. I thought it might be cvs but not sure. Ideas?

Ed

If you're lucky you just need to tighten your CV joint bolts. I'd not count on it though...

That would be my first guess. CV Joints.

Loose suspension arm is another possibility.

I wonder if I have some dry or glued up cvs that loosen up after heating up and clank around until the grease heats up and spreads out....I'll check tomorrow...they're 500 HP axles and beefier cvs. Car is not driven very often. Sometimes once a month.

Ed

yank the shaft side to side. does it clunk? That's the only way that I know to check 'em.