dynamite196
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- September 22, 2006
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- City, State
- Glastonbury, Connecticut
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 97 Sport
I have a 97 2 door 4wd with the 5 speed manual transmission, sporadically when I downshift I get a clunking in the drive line. The clunking isn't consistent, some days it happens frequently, some days it only happens in the morning however, once I get the first clunk, several more follow on the subsequent downshifts (10 or so). It's only one clunk per downshift. Sometimes the clunk feels like it's more towards the front of the vehicle, other times it feels more towards the back. The only consistency I've noticed is the clunk always happens on a downshift and usually into second gear, although it will clunk when downshifting into 1, 3, or 4 just not as often. The best way I can describe the clunk is a feeling of the drive shaft engaging as you let the clutch out and all of a sudden a tooth is jumped or skipped and then everything is fine. The only other thing I have to add is for a while I've noticed a lot of slack in the drive line while up-shifting and downshifting, almost like the drive shaft is slightly loose however, the clunking only started recently. Does anyone have experience with this or suggestions where to look?