2003 Chevy Malibu clicking or clunking

2003 CHEVROLET MALIBU
75,000 MILES • 6 CYL • FWD • AUTOMATIC
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CHEVYGUY6
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the clink starts after you get to 30mph if you let your foot off the gass and you hear a quick clunk like a shot drive axel but going strait. This clunk only goes away: A) when the engine has some strain.
B) when the brakes have some strain
Feb 19, 2008 at 9:19 AM
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MERLIN2021
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Check the inner cv joint, if worn it will cuase these symtoms...
Feb 19, 2008 at 9:36 AM
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CHEVYGUY6
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i just replaced both axels 3 days before this started could it be somthing withe the breaks
Feb 19, 2008 at 9:57 AM
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CHEVYGUY6
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it was a snapped break pad
Feb 25, 2008 at 10:07 AM
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MERLIN2021
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Could be one of the replacement axles is no good, the clunk is due to slack in a plunger joint, that's the inner joint!
Feb 25, 2008 at 11:10 AM