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Re: TR4A IRS clunk

To: spamiam@comcast.net, triumphs@autox.team.net (Triumphs List)
Subject: Re: TR4A IRS clunk
Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 10:07:17 -0400
In a message dated 7/26/2004 8:54:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
spamiam@comcast.net writes:

>My car is recently out of restoration (every nut and bolt removed) 400 miles 
>ago.  I recently developed a "clunk" in the DS rear.  It is an odd thing.  I 
>have had U-joints go bad before but they always clunked and vibrated at all 
>times.... 
>
>I am thinking U-joints, brake shoes/drum, hub securing bolts, the hub itself, 
>trailing arm bolts, and very unlikely the shock unit.  However, none of these 
>seem an obvious answer to me with this clunk.

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>From personal experience, I wouldn't be too quick to dismiss a  loose bolt on 
>the lever shock mount as a probable cause!


--Andy Mace





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