Thread: Intermittent clunk front drivers side

Hi Martin,
You forgot to mention what vehicle this is on. However it is unlikely that the brake pads are the culprit. More than likely play in something like the swivel housing , panhard rod bushes, steering drop arm or rod. Usually have to find it by the process of elimination if nothing is evident..........Brian

Hi Brian,

Forgive me, had a senior moment. It's a Discovery 1.

I did think of wear on the front end however I had some great help on here when I first bought her and she had "world's worst steering wobble". I replaced just about everything, pan hard, tie rod end, bilstein shocks etc. I can't imagine they'd have gone duff in just over 18 months of light road use ?

That and a new set of alloy wheels fixed the steering wobble at 95k's. Now just got to get rid of this kerclunck !

Maybe get the mechanic to have another look.

Thanks


Regards


Martin

The pads are held in position by either split pins or rods with a split pin at the end ( ventilated).
I cannot see how they could move much unless the rods/pins have a lot of wear. Many barke pad sets do not have the pins included.
So you could try new pins.
BUT a common fault is that the bolts holding the leading arm bushes under the axle can become loose and cause a clunk, usually on take off but can be any time.

Regard sPhilip A

When I did the radius arm bushes in my early Rangie, I had a clunk similar to what you describe. Only happened when turning right and other seemingly random occasions, I could make it happen on the same piece of road, but couldnt reproduce it consistently on similar terrain.

I eventually found that despite the bolts connecting to the front diff had been tight at refitting, they had not been correctly torqued, allowing a small amount of movement under some loading situations. Retorqued and clunk gone. I also thought it was coming from the rear but it was because the radius arm attached under the drivers seat and some noise was able to transmit.

Perhaps this is your problem considering the front end being woked on.

Cheers

I had a clunk under mine....was bushes

Originally Posted by PhilipA

The pads are held in position by either split pins or rods with a split pin at the end ( ventilated).
I cannot see how they could move much unless the rods/pins have a lot of wear. Many barke pad sets do not have the pins included.
So you could try new pins.
BUT a common fault is that the bolts holding the leading arm bushes under the axle can become loose and cause a clunk, usually on take off but can be any time.

Regard sPhilip A

Thanks for that. Mine are the old unventilated type with no slack on the pins. I'll ask Nick to check those bolts.

Thanks Philip.

Martin

Originally Posted by strangy

When I did the radius arm bushes in my early Rangie, I had a clunk similar to what you describe. Only happened when turning right and other seemingly random occasions, I could make it happen on the same piece of road, but couldnt reproduce it consistently on similar terrain.

I eventually found that despite the bolts connecting to the front diff had been tight at refitting, they had not been correctly torqued, allowing a small amount of movement under some loading situations. Retorqued and clunk gone. I also thought it was coming from the rear but it was because the radius arm attached under the drivers seat and some noise was able to transmit.

Perhaps this is your problem considering the front end being woked on.

Cheers

That was it exactly strangy, nice quick easy fix. Thanks mate.

Regards


Martin