Thread: 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.

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 ). 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!

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....