Thread: D1 clunk on takeoff

1st of all get under it with a crow bar or length of water pipe and see where the movement is comming from. My case was the A frame ball joint.... Holy cow.... take some steroids (jokes guys, dont ban me) amd a big hammer and be prepared... seroiously its not that bad. let me know if you need the tricks (i mean steps) to get that sucker out

Hi Steve,another thing you can check is the engine mounts becasue if the rubber has seperated from the steel backing as you go to take off the engine torque twists & if the mounts are worn out the engine suddenly moves against the mounts making a clunking noise.Way to check them is to get someone in the car wioth there foot hard on the brake & carefully put it in gear & rev it up slightly & if the mounts are worn you will see the steel backing move & the rubber stay still as the engine tries to move.Hope all goes well,Jon.

my d1 does it as well i found it to be a bit of movement in the transfer case which apparently is not a poblem

joel

mine does it as well......but only started recently.

I have a bush kit to fit...and an A frame ball joint. will check the shockies like suggested and I have been wondering how to check the engine mounts.

Originally Posted by disco joe

my d1 does it as well i found it to be a bit of movement in the transfer case which apparently is not a poblem

joel

Was the movement in the transfer case mount or in the case itself?

I took mine into the local Pedders place for one of their $14 suspension checks - much easier for them to swing on things with it up on the hoist than me trying to do it lying on my back in the garage.
The confirmed that the A frame ball joint is OK, but reckon pretty much every other bush is pretty tired - either starting to tear away from the center bushing (in the case of the radius rod to front axle bushes) or just generally old/worn/deformed.
They also commented that everything apart from the RH swivel I've rebuilt looks original.
Probably time to just work through it and slowly replace all the bushes - starting with the worst ones first.
I'll just add that to the growing list of things to fix/replace/add

DB - jonpp gave a description earlier in the thread of how to check the engine mounts.

Steve

Yes I saw that......bit concerned on the whole having some one with head in engine bay while you try to have the car pull forward while under breaking just seems a little risky to me

Originally Posted by dullbird

Yes I saw that......bit concerned on the whole having some one with head in engine bay while you try to have the car pull forward while under breaking just seems a little risky to me

Just lie really flat on the ground so the axle housing will go straight over the top of you if the brakes let go

But seriously - you DONT want the car car to move - just to load it up a bit so that the engine mounts are trying to resist the torque.

Steve

Originally Posted by steveG

Just lie really flat on the ground so the axle housing will go straight over the top of you if the brakes let go

But seriously -

you DONT want the car car to move

- just to load it up a bit so that the engine mounts are trying to resist the torque.

Steve

yes i know but in the unfortunate event of something going wrong with brakes you have the chance of killing someone.