How can you tell if your U-Joints or tranny mounts are shot?
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Get under and note if there is any slop in the joints when the adjacent DS runs are turned toward and against eachother. Note rusty areas on the joints or signs of a loose cap (suggesting bad needle bearings inside the cap).
Trans mount - visual inspection and pry on it and note movement. Dont forget to check crossmember mounts too.
Others will have other/better ideas. Good luck.
Trans mount - visual inspection and pry on it and note movement. Dont forget to check crossmember mounts too.
Others will have other/better ideas. Good luck.
Ive had a clunk noise before (in a diff car but still), and all there was to the fix was tightening the tranny mount even more. Hopefully you'll be as lucky.
Try to move the drive shaft back and forth with a quick motion and watch the u joint. If it has any loose action or wobble it is bad, there should be no play in the u joint. My experience has always been that the u joint squeaks.
when my u joints went bad i would hear a chirping noise coming from under the car when i was move from a stop
In Seattle, they rusted out the needles first and would squeak. In the desert, slop comes before squeak. In fact, they turn to dust before squeaking. 
FWIW, rear joints tend to go out about twice as often as front U-joints.
Good luck.
FWIW, rear joints tend to go out about twice as often as front U-joints.
Good luck.
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