Click/clunck when taking off?

[moeviper]

Help, my 94 RT10 has a clunk when I start out in 1st gear, checked all possible, shocks, drive shaft, took to a transmission place, fluids changed, no metal flakes, nothing. sounds like under the car, the only thing have not checked is side exhausts? Any advice. Thanks.

 

[Steve-Indy]

Differential bolts tight??

 

[Qualitywires.com]

it maybe the bushings/sleeves shifting. on the shocks or control arms.

 

[Shelby3]

Splines in the wheel bearing hub assembly. That's what it was on mine.

 

[moeviper]

Thank you all very much. Am new to Viper, great quick responses. I will check all those. Love my Viper.

 

[Phil Lee 94 red RT]

Splines in the wheel bearing hub assembly. Happen to me also.

 

[Asp Man]

So, what is the fix? New hubs, new half shats? Both?

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

Differential bolts tight??

Mine did this every now and then as well, and one loose differential bolts was the problem

 

[Asp Man]

Chad, you're talking about the diff mount bolts, not the carrier or something, right?

 

[V10SpeedLuvr]

Chad, you're talking about the diff mount bolts, not the carrier or something, right?

To be honest, I'm not sure, but I believe so. I was having all my fluids changed and asked the tech to retorque all the bolts b/c I had read a thread on here about that being a possible cause of the clunk noise on takeoffs. I can't remember what specific bolt it was, but I know it was near/on the differential that he said was the loose one

 

[viper spray]

Get the car on a lift and check tranny and motor mounts along with the above listed areas.

 

[Daniel Cragin/DC Performance Inc]

The noise is common on early RT's and has to do with the splines going into the rear wheel hubs. Besides being an annoying noise, it is not a problem and I have never seen a failure. To get rid of the noise you need to change the half shaft yokes and rear bearings. I used a lubricant on the splines on a few cars and it reduced the noise quite a bit. It is related to some play in the yokes and makes a cracking noise when moving from a stop. There was an early service memo for a matched hub and spline.