1997 EAGLE TALON
125,000 MILES
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CSTAFF25
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Car clunks into gear, drive or reverse. I have all new motor/tranny mounts. The engine moves about 3-4 inches at least some times when shifting. What else could it be aside from the transmission going out? It has had this problem for about a year and a half, but hasn't got any worse. I haven't tried changing the tranny fluid and filter yet, but I know it has enough fluid. I heard this could also be some kind of solenoid problem? Let me know what you think or if you need more speific info.
Jan 7, 2013 at 6:36 AM
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HMAC300
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it is probably play in rear axle. or a bad ujoint in driveshaft.
Jan 7, 2013 at 3:20 PM
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This a very delayed reply...sorry.....How can check for these issues? Do I just try and shake them or turn them and look for the excessive play? Thanks
Jan 21, 2013 at 4:04 AM
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for ujoints look for rust around the seals or have a pro look at it. for the axle noise clunk it should be professionally looked at
Jan 21, 2013 at 4:09 PM
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Okay I'll try to check it out Wednesday and let you know what I find. Thanks.

PS: If I took a video of different areas while it makes the clunking and posted a link here to the video at youtube or whatever, would that help out some?
Jan 21, 2013 at 5:18 PM
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not really
Jan 21, 2013 at 6:16 PM