Thread: It goes thump in the night, and also the day as well !!!

sounds like an a-frame ball joint or radius arm bushes.

rar110

what is the best way to check the condition of these parts ?

I did have a quick look at all the bushes on the weekend, but not 100% sure if there ok !!!

Use a large screwdriver and lever them, if there is movement they need replacing

Originally posted by matbor
I'm hearing noises coming from under the car... see this is what happens when you have the volume turned down on your stereo..........

This noise happens when I take off from a standing start, not going to fast (usually happens after about 10 minutes, from cold) and normal happens within the first few seconds of acceleration. The noise is a dull thump..........

Sounds like you're running down pedestrians or wildlife.

More likely to be though the suggested or maybe the rear uni joint.

I had a quick look at the uni joints and apart from a bit to much grease around it (I greased them a couple weeks back, didn't clean up my mess)... I put a big screw driver in it and tried to move it, but it didn't, seems to be ok !! Is this the right way to check it !!

not that I would know ops: but I would have thought that if there was a bit of play in a drivetrain or suspension component, the thump would happen almost immediately upon acceleration. Is it possibly something to do with auto tranny?

Yep right way by me to check looseness, had it out of gear and handbrake off with the wheels not quite chocked I hope ?

A practical test if nothing turns up with the screwdriver test....speed humps. Canter down to and through the local Maccas to test if it goes clunk when the vehicle hops a speed hump.

8O Gearbox noise..... hey let's not get that worried just yet.

I'd be going along with rar110 suggestions as all of us who have and do own coil sprung Landies and Rangies you soon get to recognise the various clunks that come from the underside of said vehicles, my 110 Isuzu which is 20 years old in Nov this year is due for a range of suspension things to be replaced during that month whilst I'm on holidays as well as painting my current restoration project (Series 2 Comm.Recon car) as well as doing things for SWMBO hope she doesn't read this post see ya's