Excess play in the drive shaft?

[03Slither]

Excess play in the drive shaft is causing a clanking noise?
Any idea what’s causing this? My car has only 6k miles on it.

Thanks

 

[racebronco2]

It's the combined tolerances of the tranny and the rearend, most of the gears are set-up on the loose side . If it is the driveshaft you need to replace your u-joints asap.

 

[Juruense]

Mustangs have noisy drivetrains. They clunk, etc. As you get better at driving the car the noise will diminish.

 

[batfat]

Major slop in the drivetrain is 'normal' on the 03-04's......

 

[Rick James]

Check your IRS bolts. Make sure they are 14mm and TIGHT!!

 

[03Slither]

I changed my IRS bushings, upgraded the IRS bolts, installed new springs and had subframes welded in last year. Don’t think it has anything to do with the IRS.

It definitely has some thing to do with the excess play in the drive shaft.

I didn’t have this noise last year when I put the car in storage.

I am probably not explaining it right. I can rotate the drive shaft about a ½” clockwise and counter clockwise and duplicate the noise.

thanks

 

[2814v]

It's the combined tolerances of the tranny and the rearend, most of the gears are set-up on the loose side . If it is the driveshaft you need to replace your u-joints asap.

racebronco2, I just watched your road race vids for the first time. Sir, you can drive, but what were you driving?

 

[racebronco2]

04 comp orange cobra set-up for open track with coil-overs, k-member, aluminum block, running about 450rwhp and yes on kuhmo mx street tires.

 

[bakab1010]

i have this problem with my solid and dont know what to do?http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/images/smilies/shrug.gif