Strange thump

My Tacoma has started making this odd clunk when stopping and hitting bumps and it sounds like possibly the rear differential It constantly does it when stopping in reverse quickly.

 

have you checked your bed bolts? what about driveshaft carrier bearing? What about leaf spring bolts or ubolts?

 

Driveshaft has new u joints center oem support bearing. And I checked the u bolts I checked the bed bolts when I installed bed stiffeners

 

body mounts/bushings?

 

I just saw a thread about checking the transmission fluid

 

Body mounts seem fine changed transmission fluid recently the sound is definitely from rear of truck I heard it from outside the sound has disappeared since then haven’t heard it in a few days

 

Hopefully it fixed itself.

 

One other weird thing I had was it felt like I had a transmission shudder for a second at 40mph then it went away it has never done that before and hasn’t done it since. What would cause that.

 

Check your steering shaft for looseness. Buddy with a 2009 has one that clunked like crazy and was hard to pin down.

 

My steering shaft is newish I replaced it with a doorman one and it is already rattling.

 

Not the sorce of the noise

 

Had a similar thud when going from forward to reverse and vice versa. Turned out to be the bolts for the lower control arm.

 

Yea I had that problem a while back this one is different but it seems to have fixed itself it has Been a few days since it has happened I think maybe a leaf spring guide was rubbing

 

post a video of the noise/sound

 

your bolts were loose or your bushings were worn?

 

Loose bolts

 

I tried to post a video but the sound is very intermittent.

 

I also had what I think was a torque converter shudder the other day it has happened 2 times not shure what to do about that

 

jack is loose and slamming around in the rear seat tool storage box

 

if leaf spring bushings wear out it could cause axle wrap and a shudder like a torque converter shudder