well today i was driving my manual ea falcon and i was stoped at an intersection turning right and as i went to take of i fed it abit and it made this huge clunking noise i kept on driving cause i thought it was the exhaust that i had in the boot of my car just rollin back but then as i changed down a gear as i was pulling into my driveway it made the clunk again just as i let the clutch out. so then i decided i would just test it by just hiting the throttle on and off and it kept on doing it. so i got under the and while it was turned off and in gear i grabbed hold of the tailshaft and twisted it side to side and it made a slight noise, what does this mean? it there ment to be much freeplay in the tailshaft while it is in gear? could this just be the uni's? or could this be the diff? and i must add that the car felt realy sloppy in the back end when i changed gears........... any input would be greatly appreciated thanks everyone

my thoughts is that your diff has s**t itself as thats wat mine done not too long ago from too many burnouts. So, was time for el lsd.....lol

f**k i hope not, but ur probably right did yours feel real sloppy when it did it??

the best way to decribe the sound mine made, with both the xe and fairmont come to think about it was just a really really nasty sound that just shouldnt be made from a car. not like an exhaust knockin on diff sorta sound.

lsd...the way to go....xe is now a full no brake rear end lsd burnout car....holds up awesome......fairmont is a write off....but well.....the people who caused that one, gave me a car....they just dont know it yet. lol

new diff

yeah it was a crazy noise it was just like something let go big time... oh well ill have to get some lower diff gears then, which was always on the cards

yeh you need a new diff. i killed mine yesterday doing skids (legal burnouts - private pad)
but my diff was getting swapped this week, so im not worried

yeah well anyone got a diff 4 sale?