2003 Chevy Silverado

2003 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
85,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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BIGMOECAM
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OVER T IME A CLUNK HAS DEVELOPED WHEN I DECELLERATE AND TURN A CORNER THEN GO TO ACCELERATE AND I GET A CLUNK NOISE, WHAT COULD IT BE?
Mar 6, 2010 at 9:55 PM
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TOOOMANYTOYS
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Is it a clunk that can be felt in the steering wheel? If so it sounds like the intermediate steering shaft needs to be replaced. Gm redesigned these shafts to be less prone to making this noise.
Mar 6, 2010 at 10:08 PM
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BIGMOECAM
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I should have been more specific. The clunk sounds like it comes from the rear end like slack is taken up in the drive shaft to rear axle area. I have heard of others discribe as "axle slap", and still others say its in the transmission but noise comes from the rear axle. Any ideas?
Mar 7, 2010 at 9:28 AM
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TOOOMANYTOYS
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Sorry so long getting back to you. The noise you are hearing may be from to exessive backlash. If you are ceratin its coming from the rear differential i would pull the rear cover off and use a dial indicator to check backlash should be more than .004
Mar 24, 2010 at 11:46 AM
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