Odd noise.

**Disco Muppet** · 5th November 2012, 03:31 PM

Afternoon.
Today was like pretty much any other day, got up, got bored, though "lets go for a drive"
Sweet idea.
Heading out to ophir, before the dirt or rough sections.
Heading into a corner at probably 80km/h, suddenly there's a sound like something seizing and breaking, a sort of metallic clang.
Immediately pull over, first thought is the front prop shaft.
Nope. it's still there, still fine.
Checked all the springs and shocks, still in their mounts.
Checked all drain plugs (thought ran to oil pump bolt but no, still in place)
both prop shafts are fine, all the bushes are in place, checked all the pulleys, coolant, radiator, even checked the oil a bunch of times.
Everything still works, it drives exactly the same as it did before.
I'm rather stumped.
There was nothing on the road behind me either.
It's in the shop on wednesday, so I might get them to check it out then.
ATM the current train of thought is maybe a suspension bush, but they all seemed okay to me, or I hit something on the road like a stick and flicked it up.
Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Cheers
Muppet

**jboot51** · 5th November 2012, 03:47 PM

A stone getting caught between the brake rotor and mud shield makes quite a grinding noise.
Usually only lasts a few seconds before being ejected.

**Disco Muppet** · 5th November 2012, 03:59 PM

It was only a split second.
Easy road, nice corner, not at high speeds.
Cheers, I'm hoping it's nothing expensive!

Sharkee · 5th November 2012, 04:05 PM

Hopefully mate was just that. Gotta say I cringe everytime I hear a noise

**Disco Muppet** · 5th November 2012, 04:39 PM

Originally Posted by Sharkee

Hopefully mate was just that. Gotta say I cringe everytime I hear a noise

Agreed.
there's a slight squeak at the moment which had me thinking prop shaft was on its way out, but it seems to be okay.
Any half decent track though at it rattles like nothing else, but it is a landie I guess

**Disco Muppet** · 5th November 2012, 05:29 PM

Well, found the solution.
As usual I can thank my absent mindedness, and my ability to jump to the worst possible outcome (hey, it is a landrover after all).
I'd been using the front recovery points a bit to do some tree dragging, both on the tracks and at home.
Which meant I moved my shackles from the eyelets on the bullbar to the recovery points, then back to the eyelets.
And I didn't tighten one of them up properly

So I'm now missing one of my shackles from the eyelets on the bar, who wants to place a bet that it was the noise?
Big heavy metal shackle flicked up underneath at 80km/h will do the trick I think

Nice to know it didn't cause any (obvious) damage

Cheers for the input.
Muppet

P.S feel free to call me a muppet, I'd say I deserved it today

**Scouse** · 5th November 2012, 05:39 PM

Thanks, you're a Muppet

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**Xtreme** · 5th November 2012, 05:45 PM

Glad to hear it wasn't anything serious.

To avoid losing any more shackles and causing anxious moments, either cut a couple of big 'rubber bands out of an old inner tube or get a couple of the rubber sealing rings used in the old vitrified clay sewer pipe joins and and use them to 'tie' your shackles back and stop them from flopping around which they would do when/if just carried in the "eyelets on the bull bar". You may need a smaller shackle to secure the other end or just loop the 'elastic band around some convenient spot.

I've been carrying shackles like this for years and havn't been driven mad by them rattling and havn't lost one either.

**Disco Muppet** · 5th November 2012, 05:45 PM

I've got this guy sitting on my dash to remind me

**Scouse** · 5th November 2012, 05:53 PM

Are you sure it's not a mirror on your dash?

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