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Haha, most definitely not, we still have two Td5 Discoverys and my Classic, so majority still rules in favour of the green oval ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
Although between my buggy and dad and little bro's dirt bikes, Yamaha power is in an equal tie!
When dad's tyres went, it did really sound like a wheel bearing noise, even went back to Nissan for it, the monkeys there were stumped too.
Cheers
Will
If you're sure it's not tyres how about - a stone somewhere, wheel bearings, tie rod ends or similar kinds of things ?
Nothing obvious on quick inspection, but is the reason I asked other D4 owners if they had similar symptoms.Quote:
Originally Posted by Epic pooh
If it were tie rod ends, you'd expect loose steering and it to be present at all speeds, stone a possibility, but you would expect to hear the stone at slow speed or once again at all speeds/conditions.
Mine often gets a build-up of dirt and gravel on top of the gearbox tray that eventually half-burries the exhaust pipes but I wouldn't describe the noise as metalic, more just a noisy vibration that can change between on and off throttle possibly due to the twist of the engine and gearbox in their mounts. Mostly heard at idle anyway.
Yes, I had that over Christmas after a lot of sand driving. I would describe that as a rattle but it is a vibration transmitted to the body from the exhaust pipe through the sand in my case. I was worried at first until I got underneath and found out what was going on. Easily fixed by washing the sand out.Quote:
Originally Posted by Graeme
Bob
Mine is at approx 40km/h under light throttle. I'd call it a hum type vibration. I know its not tyres cause I went from scorpions to D697 with an identical noise. I guess both of those are AT tyres but D697 are more aggressive and have more general hum during tramac road conditions.
I don't think it is cabin based and am sure it is a column drivers side source. Having a brother in law that is particular about rattle etc as me, tracking rattles to their source with one of us moving seats ending in the car boot! I know only too well how deceptive these things can be.
Now if only there was a straight road I could use to look in the engine bay while driving...
You could try the Robert De Nero technique he used in Cape Fear..... Just hang from the chassis rails... Just make sure Off Road height is selected and preferably with GOE rods or llams.:DQuote:
Originally Posted by jammers
Paul
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Originally Posted by Lotz-A-Landies
Not sure if this thread has come to a close but I seem to experience a similar issue - not that I have an answer - but seems to not be a single case at least.
I am still on the OEM wranglers. I get the vibration from around 80KPH and above - there is also a constant minimal vibration in the steering. A shimmy has accompanied me from early days (Late 2011, MY12, SDV6 - now 40k) - many wheel balancing acts later, one help (which I got from another member on this forum) is to constantly and perfectly keeping the tyre pressure as per LR (33/36 psi) - it doesn't completely address it but helps. You can see me at the air-station every Saturday morning - great start to the weekend!
I closely listened to the noise on a couple of trips down the coast and new noise was harmonic to the reqular noise. Therefore I rotated the tyres, FRH to RLH, FLH to RRH etc and the noise is back to the way it was, before the new one arrived.
BTW: There was some feathering on the trailing edge of the tread blocks and as I'm still not convinced about the notion of not swapping the sides because it increases wear. The result is the tyres are now running in the oposite direction so hopefully the blocks should wear back to flat