Rattly rear

**td express** · 29th August 2009, 11:43 AM

Have noticed a really annoying rattle in the rear of my Discovery and its got me stumped.
First I thought it was the tow hitch so I took it out and it still rattles. Then I thought it was the D schackles I leave on the tow bar so I took them off and it still does it.
I only notice it on minor rough surfaces like driving from the street into my driveway and small bumps like that.
I have had a King's 2'' lift done and replaced all the shocks with Bilsteins, and I remember reading somewhere that it may be the shocks rattling, now I cant find the thread again. Got a feeling Slunnie mentioned it, so I might do some more searching but any other thoughts would be much appreciated.

Oh yeah, its got new backing plates to cos they were a rattly pain but fixed em for now, so still at a loss.

Cheers,

**alien** · 29th August 2009, 12:08 PM

Is it posibly the spare tyre or carrier?
I had a (sorry) patrol (real sorry) do it once.

Cheers.

**td express** · 29th August 2009, 01:01 PM

I think the noise is down to low for the spare mate. I hear it most at low speed over small bumps probably cos there is less engine and road noise, and if I stick my head out of the window, it sounds like its just beneath me but back a bit.

Cheers,

**discowhite** · 29th August 2009, 03:43 PM

take your rear bumper off and have a look down the ends of the chassi rails... you probably have a stone in one of the ends

cheers phil

**td express** · 30th August 2009, 11:46 AM

Thanks Phil,

Just crawled under to have a poke around and I can see what you mean about rocks finding there way into the end of the chassis rail. I was going to stick on air hose in there to blow anything out but think I found the culprit before I got that far.
I gave the car a push up and down whilst under there, and the top mounting bolts on both rear shocks had around 2-3mm movement(up and down), in them. Gave them a tighten up and will see how it goes for rattle now.

My kingdom for an 18mm ring spanner.

Thanks again guys..

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 30th August 2009, 11:54 AM

JC suggested this for a different LR with the same symptoms,,,

it appears new shocks need to be re-visited,,,

**td express** · 30th August 2009, 12:24 PM

Thanks Pedro,

It would appear to be the case mate. I reckon I got nearly 2 full turns out of each one to get it tight again, until the spanner slipped off anyway.

Note to self...dont use washing powder as hand cleaner if skin missing from knuckles.

**Redback** · 30th August 2009, 05:12 PM

I was just about to suggest you look at the shocks, cause I had the same issue and had a look at mine today, I've always had this annoying rattle clunk and after fixing all the other clunks, this was the last one I fixed today, even though the shocks bolts were tight, I guess they just were not tight enough

Anyway I'm really pleased now, no more clunks, I guess you are too.

Baz.

**td express** · 30th August 2009, 05:42 PM

Thanks Baz,

Yeah glad to get rid of that one. A real pain in the backside thats for sure. I got a couple more to go, but Im pretty sure they are inside the cab somewhere.
Was just going over your Cape trip report again for the 20th time...hehe, cant help myself.

cheers mate,

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