Steering Clunk!

I've trawled through the forums looking for this so hopefully someone has had this and knows how I can set about sorting it.

I have a 2001 td5 series 2 discovery. Diesel and automatic.

When turning steering from left to right (best example is driving through a roundabout. turn wheel left on entry and then to the right when on the roundabout and then left again on exit) I feel a clunk feeding back through the accelerator pedal.

One clunk on turning the wheel in either direction. Nothing that is notable when stopped, engine off or on, etc.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Mine does this as I leave a roundabout just a small clonk that you can feel more than hear and it's play in the main anti roll bar bushes
Not sure if yours will be the same

Thanks discostew38.

You're spot-on with the feel rather than hearing it! That'll be some time spent under the car throughout the festive period for me then.

My 2001 d2 does this as well and has always done it , and as it always Passes it's mot and has not got any worse in the last 7 years or 100k so I've left it . But I've heard it said its the uv joint half way down the steering Shaft.you can just about see it looking down the left side of engine below the header tank ,

Mine does this too but I have no anti roll bar. Just started last week. will chack steerig tomorrow and see but tbh it feels more low down as the clunk is beneath my feet

Also could be the lower front damper mount as they always wear. I thought mine was the anti-roll bar, changed those and it wa still there. Had a look through the frot spring and the bush looks ducked!
Saying that I paid about £15 for arb bushes and about the same for the front damper bush.
Hope it helps.

It's always been there on mine but is just one of those wee noises that you start to think, "is this gonna get worse with time if I do nothing?"

I'll have a look at the UV joint as suggested by Vanmancan. Might as well try and get to the bottom of it. As you say though, it passes it's MOT every time so you'd maybe think it's nothing serious. Clunks are never good though I'd've thought? Although, as Vanmancan has done, I've also left this for the last few years and plenty of miles!

Thanks for the front damper mount suggestion Jaysjetski. I changed the damper earlier this year and everything looked reasonably good at the time. Will have another look.

discostew38 said:

Mine does this as I leave a roundabout just a small clonk that you can feel more than hear and it's play in the main anti roll bar bushes
Not sure if yours will be the same

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Did you replace the bushes on the anti-roll bar? And did this make a difference if you did?

Thanks.

wee_jada77 said:

Did you replace the bushes on the anti-roll bar? And did this make a difference if you did?

Thanks.

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No I just left it as it is
I've looked into out of interest once or twice but the only thing I found that had any play in it was the anti roll bar bushes
It could be something else but you would need to start replacing parts just to see if it goes away (as a proses of elimination) and that would start adding up in cost