Freelander Knock

I have a knocking noise on my 05 plate Freelander with 100,000 miles on it. I assumed it was the front diff bush so replaced this with no improvements. I heard about the diff nose bouncing up but it was not that. I then removed Viscous Coupling and propshafts and drove it. The noise still happened. I then replaced viscous coupling anyway with new bearings and did the chalk test on the two pros and the viscous coupling is working. I then jacked up the rear wheel and rotated it with a long bar and it did turn with no noise.

Any more thoughts to my noise! It is coming from around the centre of the car it seems. It happens every few mins with just a single knock. Nothing hitting exhaust that I can see. It happens on slightly rougher roads, never on smooth roads, shocks and springs all seem fine. Bushes all appear OK.

Thoughts???

05?

hmmm - not still cracked chassis or broken rear subframe mount is it?

Why do you say still cracked?

because, allegedly, the problem only affected earlier versions of the vehicle, and was supposed to have been remedied by the time 05 came along. hence, was the problem STILL present when your vehicle was lovingly hand crafted by the canny lads and lasses up north ?

How can I check for these?

Go to the back of your landy with a crobar or something similar. You'll see the subframe is attached by four bolts. The very rear, right hand bolt can sometimes pull through the frame when it cracks. Get your crobar and push it between the subframe and chassis, if they'res movement it's cracked and the bolt won't make any difference. Not a hard job to fix at all. Can either be welded back or a strong plate bolted on in place inside the chassis.

I opted for the strong plate as i don't trust myself at welding too much. Three and a half months on and driving on Irelands pothole riddled roads, and it's still fine.

May not be this though. Is it coming from the back or front of the freeby?

Optimus Prime said:

because, allegedly, the problem only affected earlier versions of the vehicle, and was supposed to have been remedied by the time 05 came along. hence, was the problem STILL present when your vehicle was lovingly hand crafted by the canny lads and lasses up north ?

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yup - sorry - woz badly worded - that is exactly wot i meant.

there is a fix lovingly hand crafts and displayed in the Q's and A's section if yu care to look (well pikeyed off another site )