HoosierDaddy
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I took the car to the dealer because of a clunk in the drive train as slack is taken in and out.
Dealer measured play at each point and says all are within spec. Members here say these cars do that, but that's just based on my written description. If its normal, I have no problem with it. But I don't want to let a real problem fester. So, I made this video showing the total amount of play and the sound I call a clunk.
Car has a Torsen 3.73 diff from the factory. Video is car on stands in first gear with the driver side rear tire immobilized by pressure from below with a floor jack, while trying to rotate the passenger rear wheel.
My two questions are: (1) is that much angular motion excessive, and (2) is the sound normal.
One reason I am asking is the dealer originally wanted me to remove my MGW shifter and re-install the factory one before they would even look at it. So I would like to confirm all okay before making other mods that could be incorrectly blamed for problems.
Free-play video:
To complicate things a bit, I found that the wheel bearing at that corner seems bad after making the above video of the free-play. Bearing on other side is fine.
Update: @NoVaGT says the below could be just the rotor wobbling and I should check again with the wheel back on.
POSSIBLE Bad bearing video:
Dealer measured play at each point and says all are within spec. Members here say these cars do that, but that's just based on my written description. If its normal, I have no problem with it. But I don't want to let a real problem fester. So, I made this video showing the total amount of play and the sound I call a clunk.
Car has a Torsen 3.73 diff from the factory. Video is car on stands in first gear with the driver side rear tire immobilized by pressure from below with a floor jack, while trying to rotate the passenger rear wheel.
My two questions are: (1) is that much angular motion excessive, and (2) is the sound normal.
One reason I am asking is the dealer originally wanted me to remove my MGW shifter and re-install the factory one before they would even look at it. So I would like to confirm all okay before making other mods that could be incorrectly blamed for problems.
Free-play video:
To complicate things a bit, I found that the wheel bearing at that corner seems bad after making the above video of the free-play. Bearing on other side is fine.
Update: @NoVaGT says the below could be just the rotor wobbling and I should check again with the wheel back on.
POSSIBLE Bad bearing video:
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