Noise When Taking Off In 1st Gear & Reversing - Found & Fixed

In this video I show how I found and fixed a clunking noise when taking off.

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GerardBurke is a qualified motor technician who has completed modules & courses in manual handling and all aspects of workshop safety. These videos are not intended to be used by anyone who is not trained and or qualified to carry them out.

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[michaelbixler]

“Load shifting” Thank you! I've been searching for over an hour looking for exactly what term you call this issue Nailed it!

[MiracleMAX]

Proof of customers' complaint is a vital part of successful diagnosis. You are right, some do their road test and after that it's guesstronics and load up the parts cannon.
That joint was pretty cooked! I don't think I've seen an inner that bad before. That noise must have been there for ages. It would have been a real mess had the joint finally broke free! I don't think the dust boot would have held it in place. 😁
Thanks for sharing! 😊

[stefanhearn]

Have this exact same noise. This video definitely cleared my train of thought. Great video.

[cjra]

Amazing..thank you..I drive an automatic transmission Honda fit 2010 and it does exactly the same sound as shown on your video..got scare thought it was my transmission...lol

[SyFyBry]

@Gerard Burke I’ve been looking for someone to address this noise under these circumstances for so long!!!! Thank you

[PL-fchm]

thanks for another video. these days is very hard to find a good mechanic. the first garage clearly didn't even know the basics.

[castrolgtx]

Thanks for sharing Ger💥🍀 last time I came across this problem was in a Fiat Ducato many years ago… we didn’t replace the driveshaft just the hardy spicer only.

[robertsarabia]

Thank you for showing the mechanics of this problem ! I am getting a loud clunking with my 5th gen Camaro . I’ve had previous problems with the thrust washer and axle nut but it sounds a lot worse now.

[antof]

Thank you again ☘️☘️☘️great, fully explained tutorial.

[oqrcejl]

Omgg i been going through this for a few months everybody keep saying CV axle but this is the exact noise im getting 🤦🏽‍♀️ Thanks Im going to show this video!

[noumanchoudry]

Love a mechanic making a short to the point video 👍 have to subscribe to your channel.

[czlvuqd]

❤ like it cause it gives a healing peace of advice on what I can fix that problem also know it straight away

[Salvatore]

Hi Gerard, i just got the 4 engine mounts replaced and the mechanic didnt tell me about this, i have a rattling noise when moving off in 1st gear and reversing, parking etc... low speed vibrations, they did replace the driver side drive shaft both inner and outer boot so i guess they should have detected if it was the drivers side drive shaft so my guess is, , , since they did nothing to passenger side drive shaft then the near side drive shaft must be the culprit..correct? please tell me what you think.

[Truth_alz_bitter]

Thank you for sharing such an exclusive video on this issue. In my case I feel a jerking (no metallic clicking as you have demonstrated in this video) only when the gear shifter moves from drive to reverse. But when I move the shifter from reverse to drive then there is no jerking at all. What could be the possible causes in my case?

[shanemcgovern]

Well diagnosticed, strange there was no vibration on open road driving.. Great video

[shazamshazam]

Wow so easy and precise explaination great job.i changed so many parts of my mazda3 like shocks mounting but I know understand from wer that noise is coming .appreciate sir thanks

[TonyMontana-xffr]

Excellent work. Most useful information i ever seen pertaining to inner cv.

[malihaorfani]

Hi your one of the most vise tach, we are thanksfull of you.

[heavyh]

Thanks, Gerard Burke, for the recurrent training

[WuTangChillaBee]

What about a rattling noise only when under load in reverse? No noise if i let off the gas... Many thanks for any hints!!