I have an 89 hatch 5 speed. I do need alignment and balancing and some new nitto's on the back, but all that aside, when I am driving and decide to accelerate up around 80 mph, a nasty almost knocking noise reverberates through the car, and I can feel it in my feet, almost as if associated with the drive shaft.
I started looking for loose parts and when doing work on the front left tire, it actually had a little play horizontally (I could pull it toward me and away about 1/4" of an inch). After tightening that down sop that it had no more play, the sound did not go away.
Recently, when going up small driveways and parking lot ramps, if I am making a right into them, once the back tire hits the ramp, I hear a nasty knock.
I have since jacked up the rearend to look for something loose, and to see if my driveshaft had some play. I found that my right rear tire can be pulled toward me and pushed in about 1/4" to 3/8" as well, while the left is tight and has 0 play. The lugs are all tight, and the entire drum assembly moves as well.
Is this a c-clip issue, and how dangerous is this situation?? I do plan on swapping up to 5-lug the expensive way, with new axles, new gear ratio, alum driveshaft, etc. but am not quite ready for that cost. Any advice/suggestions would be welcome.
-Joe
I started looking for loose parts and when doing work on the front left tire, it actually had a little play horizontally (I could pull it toward me and away about 1/4" of an inch). After tightening that down sop that it had no more play, the sound did not go away.
Recently, when going up small driveways and parking lot ramps, if I am making a right into them, once the back tire hits the ramp, I hear a nasty knock.
I have since jacked up the rearend to look for something loose, and to see if my driveshaft had some play. I found that my right rear tire can be pulled toward me and pushed in about 1/4" to 3/8" as well, while the left is tight and has 0 play. The lugs are all tight, and the entire drum assembly moves as well.
Is this a c-clip issue, and how dangerous is this situation?? I do plan on swapping up to 5-lug the expensive way, with new axles, new gear ratio, alum driveshaft, etc. but am not quite ready for that cost. Any advice/suggestions would be welcome.
-Joe