97 Ranger Driveshaft Clunk?

[andrew3227]

Ever since I bought the truck it has been making this clunking sound when I engage or disengage the clutch. I just replaced the u joints and greased the slip yoke while I was at it. It's the one piece shaft if that matters.

It improved a little but it's still doing the same thing. I have alldata and one of the tsb says to replace the driveshaft because it has" sensitivity to driveshaft angle".... A new driveshaft is 300 but i'm not sure that will fix it. Any ideas?

 

[ForOffRoadDriving]

it only does it when you engage or disengage the clutch? does it do it when youre driving and shifting it in and out of all gears, or does it only do it when you go from neutral to first? you should be able to crawl under the truck and pull the rubber inspection plug on the bellhousing and shine a flashlight in there while you have a helper depress the clutch pedal. by doing this you can see the "spring fingers" on the pressure plate as well as watch your slave cylinder depress the pressure plate and maybe youll see where your popping is coming from.

 

[andrew3227]

Sorry i think this kinda contradicts what I was saying in the post, but it doesn't do it coming straight of neutral into first, but once i start accelerating it clunks as i shift gears, it occasionally clunks just from pushing in the clutch, but most of the time the clunk comes as soon as i shift into the next gear. If i hold out the clutch for an extra amount of time it doesn't clunk at all. thanks

 

[84projectFORD]

hmmm try checkin your motor mounts too. sounds like they might be shot