I bet it's the trunnion joint (the joint with the plastic sleeves). I had the
same
symptoms once, and it disappeared after I rebuilt the joint on that
side.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 05:52 PM 3/17/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>My 1980 Spit has been experiencing a little problem of late. Almost every
>time I take off from a standing start, I hear a "thunk" from the left rear
>tire area. At first, I thought it was a stone under the left wheel that
>shot out from under the tire under acceleration, hitting the wheel well. It
>does it just once, always from the left side. It has the tone of hard metal
>hitting hard metal, with little or no ringing present. I can sometimes feel
>the "thunk" as a vibration in the seat of my pants. When I accelerate from
>the stop light, I'm more likely to hear it when I start out "smartly" than
>from a smooth acceleration.
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