Thread: acceleration and deceleration clunking

Thanks guys, your silence was the response I was looking for. Obviously this isn't something that is happening alot.

Cheers

I think you'll find it's fairly normal once the mileage gets up.

You have 3 diffs which all have a bit of movement in them & this all adds up every time you change from accelerating to backing off.
Wait till you take it off road - low range amplifies it even more .


Check the propshafts too though, just to be on the safe side. I'd be checking the front one every month anyway.

How many K's on the clock? could it just be slop in the drive line from wear?

Hey guys! It's only done 66k. Any suggestions on how to check the drive shaft? any tips of what i should be looking for?

Cheers,

Captcav

my two bob says it needs a re-race in the rear diff (new bearing). A diff overhaul place can provide a quote. I doubt its the driveshaft, good luck.

Originally Posted by simonl8353

my two bob says it needs a re-race in the rear diff (new bearing). A diff overhaul place can provide a quote. I doubt its the driveshaft, good luck.

Double or nothing on Simon's two bob, says it's the front propshaft.
If for no other reasons than a) mine did exactly the same thing before it went and
b) I want to see someone pay two bob

FenianEel, what did yours do before it went?

Captcav

Originally Posted by Captcav

FenianEel, what did yours do before it went?

Captcav

Here's the rundown. pretty fortunate in every respect, dmtd5 and a few others, have real horror stories.

Mine had constant kickback on accel and decelaration, exactly as you described, and got progressively worse.

http://www.aulro.com/afvb/discovery-...goes-bang.html

Originally Posted by FenianEel

Warning?
You mean, like.....
a) chirping whistling sound (almost metallic watery) particularly under accelaration, though not present all the time
b) vibration, not particularly bad, but noticeable
c) sometimes kick back on accel/decelaration
or
d) all of the above

I'm embarrassed and honest enough to say it was d)

Kinda stupid and self explanatory now, but should've done a bit more investigating and spent the time to check it out.
I thought the slight chirp/whistle may have been something to do with the aircon at first (as it sounds like its coming from behind the dash)

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