cured clunk in drivetrain

[concretejungle]

just thought i would post this for info. I had the much talked about clunk after accelerating from a stop. some say it's drivetrain wind-up, some say it's calipers sticking. Bought a new grease gun and got a stiffy so decided to grease everthing i could. Clunk is gone! I guess it was a u-joint, but no more clunking! Here-here to Amsoil

 

[Chris_Geiger]

The clunk is usually caused by the drive shaft slip spline. If the U joints get that loose they usually eat themselves up in no time. I Find on my 80 that I need to grease the splines every few thousand miles to keep the clunk under control.

 

[GXO]

Does this mean I was right?

Hmm, I might just go grease my joints for fun...

 

[Brentbba]

Advil may work to grease YOUR joints Dan.

 

[landtoy80]

YOKE :-*
Don't go overbboard greasing the yoke/slip spline. One or two pumps will do.