Loud Engine BANGING
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Loud Engine BANGING
As I was on my local commute home, I had an a**hole decide to pull in front of me without signaling while I was changing lanes. In my panic, I slammed on my brakes and left my foot off of the clutch. I started to hear/ feel a loud banging coming from the front end of the car. It wasn't the traditional ABS kicking in. It was coming from what I thought to be the engine or transfer case. Any one had some similar situations? Any help would be great.
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More than likely it was just clutch chatter from the engine trying to pull the car while still being in high gear at low speed. Drivetrain lash makes it sound a whole lot worse that it really is. I did the same thing in one of my other cars, pretty much any manual trans car will do it. I don't think you should have to worry about long term damage though.
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I know EXACTLY the sound you're talking about. It's only when you slam on the brakes and the front dives, and you a hit a slight road imperfection. It's happened to me a couple times but only when brakes were slammed on, and it sounds like a huge thump from the front/bottom of the car. I noticed my car does it alot more often and it slowly got worse since I put the parts on, for almost every time I brake/release clutch or roll back on a hill it's a slight thump from the front/bottom. I'm taking it to Mitsu soon so I'll let you know what it is. I'm 99.5% positive it's suspension related (maybe front swaybar?) because it will happen to me in neutral rolling on a hill pressing the brakes, or rolling and my front left/right are on uneven surfaces with no brakes applied.
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