Hi Everyone,
I have a clunking sound that started in my 300E. It sounded like my new exaust my have come loose but I checked it and it seems okay. The noise is comming from the right rear wheel well and will make the noise when I bob the rear up and down or hit a bump. I removed the wheel but couldn't visually see anything loose. Its a metalic sounding clunk!
Any ideas as to what I could check? The whole rear sub-frame was completely rebuilt about 2 years ago so that rules out a bad bushing. Any thoughts?
Adam

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Current Stable:
01 ML55 AMG
92 500E (a few mods)
87 300E (lots of mods)
00 Chevy 3500HD Diesel Box Truck
68 18' Donzi Marine
06 GT i-Drive7 1.0 Mountain Bike (with GPS!)

PREVIOUSLY OWNED:83 300SD, 87 420SEL, 88 420SEL, 90 420SEL, 86 560SEL, 86 190E 2.3-16V AMG, 94 E320

Loose shock on my volvo did that.

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82 300D....went to MB heaven
90 350 SDL....excercising con rods

This is like saying "I went to the doctor two years ago and my cholesterol level was fine so I can rule that out."

You can not rule out a bad bushing, or dogbone. It is time to get the car in the air and use the 4 P's; Push, Pull, Pry and Prod on everything under there until you find the loose culprit. It very well could be a worn shock, just shake the shock and if it is loose you will be able to tell, just as with everything else under there.

You just won't know until you check everything and DON'T assume that any part is okay because it has already been replaced.

Best of luck,