I have one of the earliest BMR Watts Link setups they offered, installed for years, lubed every season (which is about every 1-3k miles), and bolts checked for tightness just about every spring, before I really drive it for the year.
It is one of their poly/spherical end units, not all spherical.
For a couple/few years now I've been dealing with a clunk when I load up the driveline, either when I go forward after being stopped or after backing up, or also when backing up after going forward or being stopped.
I don't know for sure the clunk is coming from the Watts Link.
I hear it and feel it in the floorboard, and more recently I'm also hearing a squeak at the same time.
The squeak I was able to make happen today by moving slowly in first gear and giving the gas pedal a little whack, which loaded and unloaded the driveline quickly.
Car also has a 1-piece Ford Performance driveshaft.
The clunk I'm hearing is very similar to a noise I used to hear from the factory 2-piece driveshaft. When I replaced that with another factory shaft, the noise went away.
But the noise is there now even with the new 1-piece driveshaft being new in the car. Drove off for the first time and clunked.
So my question now is, anybody else in here with the same BMR Watts Link, and maybe with a 1-piece driveshaft, do you have any noises like what I'm describing?
I'm getting close to removing the Watts Link and reinstalling the Panhard bar to see if that's it
It is one of their poly/spherical end units, not all spherical.
For a couple/few years now I've been dealing with a clunk when I load up the driveline, either when I go forward after being stopped or after backing up, or also when backing up after going forward or being stopped.
I don't know for sure the clunk is coming from the Watts Link.
I hear it and feel it in the floorboard, and more recently I'm also hearing a squeak at the same time.
The squeak I was able to make happen today by moving slowly in first gear and giving the gas pedal a little whack, which loaded and unloaded the driveline quickly.
Car also has a 1-piece Ford Performance driveshaft.
The clunk I'm hearing is very similar to a noise I used to hear from the factory 2-piece driveshaft. When I replaced that with another factory shaft, the noise went away.
But the noise is there now even with the new 1-piece driveshaft being new in the car. Drove off for the first time and clunked.
So my question now is, anybody else in here with the same BMR Watts Link, and maybe with a 1-piece driveshaft, do you have any noises like what I'm describing?
I'm getting close to removing the Watts Link and reinstalling the Panhard bar to see if that's it