Thread: '13 Puma 90 Gearshifting/"clunking"/backlash?

My two bobs worth (3rd Defender). Firstly, yes, it is what it is, a Defender.
Single biggest habit I got into is making all gear changes in a higher rev range ie. 2400/2500. It is a diesel...you need to stir them along - they actually like it. That solved 95% of the issue for me (the other 5% is the aforementioned Defender comment )

The only time it didn't work for me was in my current Td4. Was going to sell the bloody thing it sh#@ed me off so much. Turns out the handbrake drum was fractionally over adjusted and was constantly, slightly, slowing down the drivetrain so as you released the clutch it would clunck. Adjusted correctly all good again.

I find that if you give the throttle a blip just before fully removing your foot from the clutch pedal, you can allways get a good gear change, and engage the last bit of the clutch pedal very slowly, it works for me I've got backlash and i can drive round it,
However they do drive nice when the driveline has no slack, but it just won't stay that way so live with it