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Rear end clunking noise

13K views 27 replies 18 participants last post by  whosagrubb  
In my 08, I used an electronic stethescope to track down the noises on 1 & 3 below.
1) The sway bar links were worn. Replacing them helped, but still clunking.
2) While doing a visual inspection, I found the harmonic damper was rattling. It only exists on manual trans models. It is attached to the diff
3) The sway bar bushings were the final fix. They looked great, but were just loose enough to clunk

Also in (SE) Michigan, fwiw