Rear end noise?

[ItHurtz]

That's what happens when you listen to a corey...

I am gonna guess walmart pin point head jack? Mines been face down ass up plenty of times with no ill effects. A block of wood would help your 04+ next time.

 

[WarStryker13]

No idea, was there before I got it.

I use the pinch welds, mine are still good shape.

 

[rickisrad]

That looks more like they hit something. Weird. That is a clean underbody!! I've seen nothing like that here unless it was parked in the winter, or undercoated from the start.

 

[tom5170]

So with the car on the ground I reached around the wheel and grabbed the end link and it started moving around up and down and making a clunking noise. So looks like that's my culprit. Are junkyard ones any good? I gotta go there tomorrow to get some parts for my mom's car.

 

[WarStryker13]

Not likely. Just order some from RockAuto.

 

[cheatah faheatah]

Also, should I remove the nuts on the strut tower first, then jack it up?

I did my rears recently and what worked good for me was to loosen the upper nuts, but leave them on a couple turns, then jack it up to stands, then work the bottom off, then reach in the trunk and spin then off.

 

[ItHurtz]

So with the car on the ground I reached around the wheel and grabbed the end link and it started moving around up and down and making a clunking noise. So looks like that's my culprit. Are junkyard ones any good? I gotta go there tomorrow to get some parts for my mom's car.

It took you 26 posts to realize what someone said on the 2nd post? Why would you go to a junkyard for a maintenance item, I hope you dont get your ball joints there.

 

[HighOctaneRacing]

any way to check them? do I need to jack up the entire back end at once? or can I just do one wheel at a time?

where's the best place to jack it up at? I live in the rust belt so my pinch welds are a little weak.

crawl under car, grab rear sway bar as hard as you can and push up on bar to reduce load on end links and as you are pushing up the bar, grab end-links and wiggle them to see if there is play.

 

[jmartell]

crawl under car, grab rear sway bar as hard as you can and push up on bar to reduce load on end links and as you are pushing up the bar, grab end-links and wiggle them to see if there is play.

So with the car on the ground I reached around the wheel and grabbed the end link and it started moving around up and down and making a clunking noise. So looks like that's my culprit. Are junkyard ones any good? I gotta go there tomorrow to get some parts for my mom's car.

it would appear hes got it sorted.....