Saturday night when I left my apartment, I noticed a light knock sound when I turned hard right and started backing up. It sounded like it was coming from the front end, but I couldn't really tell. The next 3 times I left here, same thing. Then today when I backed out it did the same thing, only when I put it in drive and started slowly moving forward I heard a loud clunk from the rearend. I made it to class without hearing it anymore. When I was leaving class, I put it in drive and moved slowly forward and I heard another LOUD clunk, louder than ever before, come from the rearend. It sounded like someone took a sledgehammer or something and just bashed something in the back and felt like something large just fell right out from under my truck. I drove home slowly and made it home but this clunk happened every time I turned. I got home and looked at the driveshaft and the rearend and everything but couldn't find anything. My tranny has been feeling kinda funny for a few weeks now but nothing like this has happened until now. Any clues on what this could be?

 

Sounds like the rear. When my stock rear went out thats pretty much what it sounded like. I could drive straight and have no problems but when i turned, CLUNK! Very loud and very scary.

Goodluck

 

This one could be in the spider gears or in the clutchs if it is a Gov Loc/G80

 

Very scary indeed, my dad is gonna come down and drop his truck off for me to drive and my truck is headed to the shop. Maybe this just means its time for a better rearend with a locking differential!

 

Hey, what kind of rear did you get when yours went out Mac?

 

Factory 342s and a stock open diff. This happened at about... hmm... 40k

 

Huh, imagine that, I'm at about 42k. Sounds like it was about time for it to happen I guess.

 

I drive like a bat outa hell and there is no way the miles I put on the truck are considered normal. Also you might wanna be real careful, if I remember correctly I messed up the tranny at the same time also from driving it while broken. This was all under warrenty so my memory is a little foggy.

 

Yeah, I drive like a bat out of hell too. Your warranty still covered it after engine mods? I figured they wouldnt.

 

What engine mods What they dont know (cant see) wont hurt em

If you have something in for warrenty, pretty much anything you have aftermarket has to be the cause of the problem. For example, they cant tell you your rear isnt covered beacuse you have a K&N FIPK Well they can try but dont take that ****.

When I went in with my broken tranny and rear the service manager told me he wasnt going to cover it because the passenger rear tire was WAY more worn down than the drivers side rear (Open diff Revenge on the one tire fire). He said it was obvious I was doing burnouts. I told him that those tires were just put on there when I brough it over Well needless to say I wasnt going to take that **** and literally laughed in his face and told him that I dare him to not cover it, my lawyer would LOVE that. So, I got my truck back a few days later, new tranny and new rear