Rear end clunk

[chriswelters]

My rear end is clunking when the vehicle 5-10mph is rolling. When there is no throttle applied or the brakes are applied it does not clunk. The u joints and carrier barrings are all brand new today. could it be ring and pinion? backlash?

 

[Mooring Product]

I believe you need to grease the slip joint on the drive shaft.

 

[chriswelters]

the slip joint sounded greasy when i had the drive shaft out but I will check it tm. Is that the only thing it could be?

 

[chriswelters]

is the slip joint clunk you talk about a constant clunk with the spinning of the shaft or wheels. a steady clunk clunk clunk as you are going?

 

[chriswelters]

I greased the slip joint and had no luck on fixing the clunk. Any other ideas? Rear end?

 

[Vizsla]

I had one that did that, can't remember if it was the 04 or 05, and after too many trips to the dealer they finally got it. The nut on the rear output flange on the transfer case was not properly torqued. Did not really make sense to me, but that is what they told me and it worked, so it might be worth looking into.

 

[chriswelters]

how hard is that to check out?

 

[chriswelters]

would that be the nut right before the drive shaft? Sorry if its a stupid question!

 

[chriswelters]

OK how about the transfer case how much play and noise should that have?