i took the car to my fav. tire shop. they looked at it. the only place they could get noise/movement from was one of my rear axles. it is odd, i've never had a c/v joint car before, or at least never had a c/v joint go out. we could turn the axle by hand a little back and forth and hear the "clunking" slightly. it's sure odd to me, i only hear the noise when moving and in gear. the boots are cracked but not leaking (yet) so probably will order the axles and do them both.

sound reasonable to you people, that this is probably my issue?

also, i need rear shocks. is it going to be easier to do them with the axle out of the way? since they're in the coils, i'm just wondering if i need to compress the springs and move the swing-arm (trailing arm)???

thanks so much

Guy