transmission clunk?

[getyourgunn]

Well I seem to be on a roll of fixing everything on my camry so I'll tickle your brains some more. Its a 93 camry le with 225,000 miles and for a while now if I accelerate hard from a complete stop the I get an obvious clunk from presumably the transmission, but if I ease into it right of the start just to get rolling I can accelerate as fast as I can with no problems. I did a transmission flush with a new strainer and gasket about 4 months ago(not because of the clunk though). I haven't done a differential flush since I've owned the car, could this possibly be/fix my problem or is it a transmission thing?

[96ToyoCam164K]

My brother had an 84 Buick that he had to drive like 5 mph. from each stop because the 'transmission' would act up.

I cant remember exactly what it was, but it actually had nothing to do with the transmission...so may want to double check that.

Also could be the transmission mount...

[Mister_Perkins]

Could be axles starting to wear out, the differential could be getting tired having more gap than supposed to. Control arm bushings could be wore out causing the acceleration to push the control arms back (clunking), could be a bad transmission or motor mount putting too much twist on the motor allowing it to twist and axles are binding causing a clunk, could be loose lugnuts or wore out rim causing your hub assembly to spin in one direction hitting the inside of the rim causing a clunk

Inspect the front end ;;;; transmission, motor mounts, control arms, axles, ball joints, hubs, etc..

If something is wore out, you'll see it with the visual / wiggle test

[getyourgunn]

I replaced the control arms about a year ago. I just replaced the axles a week ago (what a pain). The lug nuts are tight probably too tight. While all the other motor mounts look good the torque mount on top of the engine looks like its in bad shape. I cant really see it being the transmission because once the tires or rolling I can drive it hard and it shifts just fine.

[JohnGD]

Does it clunk when you shift the transmission from N to D and then back to R?

[getyourgunn]

No it does not clunk the same as when driving, it does engage a little harsher when its cold out when i shift from N to D or any gear.