Drivetrain click-clack - what to replace?

Not any help on what has already been posted, but I test drove a new 90 last week and it clunked.
The sort of thing I would have been chasing in an older vehicle.

Driveline clunks will be exacerbated if the handbrake is dragging - does not take much. Go for a run and see if it gets hotter than the transfer case - careful, it can get very hot!

John

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Originally Posted by BilboBoggles

Oh and perhaps the MOST important way of de clunking a Defender... It really comes down to driving style. Feathering the clutch and throttle so that the drive take up is very gently will give no clunks even on the most knackered defender. This is very hard to do, but is possible. I can drive my Defender some days and get no clunking at all, it all just flows. But then other days I'm not as one with the Defender and it clunks every change. My wife who is a very gentle driver can clunk any defender on the planet as she is not as one with the Defender. So I would say 95% of defender clunkiness is psychologically induced..] If you can drive a non synchro box with no grinds, then you are ready for being as one with a Defender.

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^ Love it. I'm sure we have all experienced this. BilboBoggles is now my favourite philosopher :angel:

Sorry Brett just saw your post you beat me to it!

Appreciate the clunking might be a zen thing - maybe the problem is mine, not the cars. Though i did check out the price of axles/flanges last night out of curiosity (close to a grand :eek:). Is the flange the part that typically wears, or both?

I'm mechanically sensitive to my defenders needs, and feather the clutch as required to de-clunk the ordeal. The Mrs though, good God! :o

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Originally Posted by Samblers

Sorry Brett just saw your post you beat me to it!

Appreciate the clunking might be a zen thing - maybe the problem is mine, not the cars. Though i did check out the price of axles/flanges last night out of curiosity (close to a grand :eek:). Is the flange the part that typically wears, or both?

I'm mechanically sensitive to my defenders needs, and feather the clutch as required to de-clunk the ordeal. The Mrs though, good God! :o

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The Maxidrive ones are expensive as they also include axles with longer splines. You won't strip those in a hurry. BUT at around $800 on ebay that was too expensive for me.

I bought a cheaper set of flanges as it's usually the flanges that wear quickly. I reused the existing axles. The ones I bought were similar to these

[ame=http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Land-Rover-Defender-H-Duty-Axle-Drive-Flanges-1994-on-/251589370485?pt=AU_Car_Parts_Accessories&hash=item 3a93e52275&_uhb=1]Land Rover Defender H Duty Axle Drive Flanges 1994 ON | eBay[/ame]

But I bought them directly from the UK Craddocks I think - landed price was around $160 for 4. They are definitely not as good as the maxidrive - but I figured if I get 100,000 out of them I am ahead..


Although thinking about it - the standard flanges are $30 for 2 - and usually it's the rears that fail most often - you might be better off just replacing them every 50,000ks....