I recently developed a clunking in the rear of my 87 GL.  I lifted it up
and had a good amount of play in the rear wheels; so with 205K on the
original bearings and grease I removed and replaced.  Replacing all four
rear bearings seemed to go very smooth and I torqued them to over 300
foot pounds.  I took it for a test drive this evening and I STILL HAD
THE CLUNKING?  I lifted up the rear end and I have no side to side play,
but I have top to bottom play.  My heart has sunk as I lost an entire
Saturday and over 100 dollars in parts to this job.  Could I have done
something drastically wrong and still have gotten it back together with
no problems?

 

Thanks in advance,

 

Kurt