Brake Clunk

[VehiGAZ]

Haggis, this infor may not be that helpful, but I had two front calipers seize up on me in the last few years, and I never got any clunk from them.

Good luck!

[haggisgood]

no one has had a clunk upon releasing their brakes? I do NOT mean when the vehicle downshifts to 0% front...
nothing seems to be damaging anything but it sure doesn't feel right

[SilverBullet75]

My '01 has the exact same symptom right now... has had it for about 3 months or more. Haven't had a chance to check into it yet. I've been following this thread, hoping someone would post something helpful.

Guys... the clunk IS coming from the brake area. Can't explain it... if I could, I'd have it fixed by now... LOL.

[Ldub]

no one has had a clunk upon releasing their brakes? I do NOT mean when the vehicle downshifts to 0% front...
nothing seems to be damaging anything but it sure doesn't feel right

My '01 has the exact same symptom right now... has had it for about 3 months or more. Haven't had a chance to check into it yet. I've been following this thread, hoping someone would post something helpful.

Guys... the clunk IS coming from the brake area. Can't explain it... if I could, I'd have it fixed by now... LOL.

Mine does this too, & it looks & feel like a motor mount to me...
(I hope I'm wrong)
Another possibility that keeps gnawing at my brain, (or is that a zombie?) is the possibility of front axle "wrap" or twist.

Take a look at how much your transfer case shifter moves when this happens.

You now have two cents that used to belong to me...

[etlsport]

Another possibility that keeps gnawing at my brain, (or is that s zombie?) is the possibility of front axle "wrap" or twist.

that would make sense.. if i brake hard where i would have that clunk on takeoff, i shift to neutral and can feel it release, sometimes feels like the entire vehicle drops 1/4-1/2 inch... sort of opposite of when you put it in drive or reverse and let off the brake before releasing the e-brake

but greasing the driveshaft did significantly reduce that clunk for me

[SilverBullet75]

Along with greasing the driveshaft, do you recommend just going through and verifying the tightness of all bolts under the VX? Reason I ask:

When I bought my first (silver '99) VX, it had a missing transmission mount bolt (according to Carmax, who found and fixed the problem). This was the first thought I had when I started trying to diagnose the problem... but with the baby, and working from home, I really haven't been driving much lately and it's become a back-burner issue.

[Ldub]

Along with greasing the driveshaft, do you recommend just going through and verifying the tightness of all bolts under the VX?

That'd be a good idea on ANY vehicle nearing ten years old...

After reading a post on this subject by Joe Black, I removed my transmission mount to be sure it wasn't the cause...it wasn't, as it was with Joe's.
Not being able to leave well enough alone, I through bolted the mount with some grade 8 hardware...





This had no effect on the clunk...