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On my stage 1 when I go round a corner I get a Clonk from the rear ,
the strange thing is if I go round a right hand corner and it clonks I
will not get another one until I go round a left hand corner no mater
how many right hander i take after that , I also get no clonks or bangs
if I go over a bumpy road ????? . its had new leaf springs on the back
and I cant see any thing moving

Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol )

 
On 17 Oct 2006 08:13:02 -0700, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On my stage 1 when I go round a corner I get a Clonk from the rear ,
>the strange thing is if I go round a right hand corner and it clonks I
>will not get another one until I go round a left hand corner no mater
>how many right hander i take after that , I also get no clonks or bangs
>if I go over a bumpy road ????? . its had new leaf springs on the back
>and I cant see any thing moving
>
>Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol )

the bushes where the shackles go through the chassis are al right?

could be moving side to side in them.
 
[email protected] wrote:
> On my stage 1 when I go round a corner I get a Clonk from the rear ,
> the strange thing is if I go round a right hand corner and it clonks I
> will not get another one until I go round a left hand corner no mater
> how many right hander i take after that , I also get no clonks or bangs
> if I go over a bumpy road ????? . its had new leaf springs on the back
> and I cant see any thing moving
>
> Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol )
>

Loose U-bolts. They should have been tightened a couple of times since
the new springs were fitted because they will have bedded in.

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EMB
 

"Tom Woods" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 17 Oct 2006 08:13:02 -0700, "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >On my stage 1 when I go round a corner I get a Clonk from the rear ,
> >the strange thing is if I go round a right hand corner and it clonks I
> >will not get another one until I go round a left hand corner no mater
> >how many right hander i take after that , I also get no clonks or bangs
> >if I go over a bumpy road ????? . its had new leaf springs on the back
> >and I cant see any thing moving
> >
> >Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol )
>
> the bushes where the shackles go through the chassis are al right?
>
> could be moving side to side in them.

Have you tightened them properly?, also toss that beer bottle out of the
back. :)

Martin


 
[email protected] wrote:

> On my stage 1 when I go round a corner I get a Clonk from the rear ,
> the strange thing is if I go round a right hand corner and it clonks I
> will not get another one until I go round a left hand corner no mater
> how many right hander i take after that , I also get no clonks or bangs
> if I go over a bumpy road ????? . its had new leaf springs on the back
> and I cant see any thing moving
>
> Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol )

Loose U-bolts; possibly loose shackle pins, and possibly something loose in
the back or one of the lockers. Last thing I had like that was eight inches
of fibreglass insulating rod for an electric fence.
John
 
In message <[email protected]>
"[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote:

> On my stage 1 when I go round a corner I get a Clonk from the rear ,
> the strange thing is if I go round a right hand corner and it clonks I
> will not get another one until I go round a left hand corner no mater
> how many right hander i take after that , I also get no clonks or bangs
> if I go over a bumpy road ????? . its had new leaf springs on the back
> and I cant see any thing moving
>
> Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol )
>

Rear shock absorber top bushes?

Richard
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I had the same a few years ago. It was the bushes sliding in the chassis.
The only way I could stop it was to put a couple of spots of weld on the
edge of eac bush.

Richard



"JD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> [email protected] wrote:
>
>> On my stage 1 when I go round a corner I get a Clonk from the rear ,
>> the strange thing is if I go round a right hand corner and it clonks I
>> will not get another one until I go round a left hand corner no mater
>> how many right hander i take after that , I also get no clonks or bangs
>> if I go over a bumpy road ????? . its had new leaf springs on the back
>> and I cant see any thing moving
>>
>> Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol )
>
> Loose U-bolts; possibly loose shackle pins, and possibly something loose
> in
> the back or one of the lockers. Last thing I had like that was eight
> inches
> of fibreglass insulating rod for an electric fence.
> John


 
In message <[email protected]>
Tom Woods <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 18 Oct 2006 01:50:51 -0700, "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> >
> >[email protected] wrote:
> >thanks for the suggestions, gong to try them all tonight , any one know
> >what the u bolts should be torque up to ?
>
> when i did mine i loaded the landy (I used 3 or 4 mates) first and
> then tightened the U bolts FT! :)
>

A Good Plan... The spring should be compressed (a chain round a
trolley jack works ok) so that there is 162mm (109) or 142mm (88)
from the top of the axle tube to the chassis above the bump stop.
Then the shackle bolts should be tightened to 60 to 60 lb/ft, and
the u-bolt nuts to 58 lb/ft.

Doing this will give a much better ride.

Richard
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www.beamends-lrspares.co.uk [email protected]
www.radioparadise.com - Good Music, No Vine
Lib Dems - Townies keeping comedy alive
 
[email protected] <[email protected]> uttered summat worrerz
funny about:
> On my stage 1 when I go round a corner I get a Clonk from the rear ,
> the strange thing is if I go round a right hand corner and it clonks I
> will not get another one until I go round a left hand corner no mater
> how many right hander i take after that , I also get no clonks or
> bangs if I go over a bumpy road ????? . its had new leaf springs on
> the back and I cant see any thing moving
>
> Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol )

May also be worth checking the locator bolt hasn't gone AWOL, it goes
through the leaf springs and helpd the axle pad sit central.

One of the 101 owners had a worn spring pad wich somehow allowed one side of
the axle to move forward and backwards two inches, any such movement I would
guess would be apparent by checking the rust on the leaf springs for
interference.

Lee D


 
On 18 Oct 2006 01:50:51 -0700, "[email protected]"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>thanks for the suggestions, gong to try them all tonight , any one know
>what the u bolts should be torque up to ?

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned looking for a nut on a string ;-)

 
Mother wrote:
> On 18 Oct 2006 01:50:51 -0700, "[email protected]"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> thanks for the suggestions, gong to try them all tonight , any one know
>> what the u bolts should be torque up to ?
>
> I'm surprised nobody has mentioned looking for a nut on a string ;-)
>

Shut up Martyn. It took us 2 days to find and remove one of those from
a brand new car - hung inside an inaccessible welded cavity by some
assembly line monkey.

--
EMB
 
On Thu, 19 Oct 2006 21:54:43 +1300, EMB <[email protected]> wrote:

>> I'm surprised nobody has mentioned looking for a nut on a string ;-)
>
>Shut up Martyn. It took us 2 days to find and remove one of those from
>a brand new car - hung inside an inaccessible welded cavity by some
>assembly line monkey.

You were lucky - I've heard of far (far) worse from a workforce
disgruntled with their employers :)

 
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