unknown knocking!?!?

T4NK said:

aaaaye man thatd be sound. maybe let u have a run in it somewhere offroad so you can try and feel the knocking im talking about and get some idea.

cheers

Tank

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Nae wurries

T4NK said:

ah right, aye ive been under there with a bar and moved them about and they move back into place as if the bushes are still supporting them. And yeah they dont move by hand. The A-frame ball joint or whatever it is seems to be pretty solid aswell. Are there bushes at the front end of the..?..hockey stick?? where it fixes to the front axle?

cheers shifty, keep in touch

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The radius arms (hockey sticks) have two bushes each where they bolt to the axles plus a single doughnut type bush where they bolt to the chassis. When they wear out the movement is side to side which causes the knocking. If you put a bar between the axle and the radius arm you might be able to see the movement. The bushes can look perfectly OK but still cause problems. I had the same kind of knocking, changed every bush for Poly bushes excepting the anti roll bar bushes (cos they had sold out of them), guess which ones were shagged? Took the ARB off and knocking vanished.

Shifty1962 said:

The radius arms (hockey sticks) have two bushes each where they bolt to the axles plus a single doughnut type bush where they bolt to the chassis. When they wear out the movement is side to side which causes the knocking. If you put a bar between the axle and the radius arm you might be able to see the movement. The bushes can look perfectly OK but still cause problems. I had the same kind of knocking, changed every bush for Poly bushes excepting the anti roll bar bushes (cos they had sold out of them), guess which ones were shagged? Took the ARB off and knocking vanished.

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That's an innovative approach Shifty! If it's making a knocking sound just take it off! How's the handling without it...

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jzcktv said:

That's an innovative approach Shifty! If it's making a knocking sound just take it off! How's the handling without it...

:rolly:

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I took it off to confirm the cause of the knocking and until I could get some new bushes and drop links. It's back on now and it's all painted and shiny to boot.
Early Defenders and some later TD5s for export were not fitted with ARBs but had all the mount points on the chassis and axle so to my mind its no big deal.
The handling seemed no different to me even when cornering at speed but as my TD5 is a CSW with seven seats I'm sure it would have an effect when fully loaded.

Shifty1962 said:

I took it off to confirm the cause of the knocking and until I could get some new bushes and drop links. It's back on now and it's all painted and shiny to boot.
Early Defenders and some later TD5s for export were not fitted with ARBs but had all the mount points on the chassis and axle so to my mind its no big deal.
The handling seemed no different to me even when cornering at speed but as my TD5 is a CSW with seven seats I'm sure it would have an effect when fully loaded.

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I knew I could wind you up with that one , oh and nice sig.

sorry to interupt your argument haha, but aye i know what ur sayin shifty. i'll have a closer look at the bushes. so all in all its not really anything drastic? its off to the garage soon so hopefully they'l say the same. i'll let youze know how it goes.

cheers fokes, be in touch

Tank

T4NK said:

sorry to interupt your argument haha, but aye i know what ur sayin shifty. i'll have a closer look at the bushes. so all in all its not really anything drastic? its off to the garage soon so hopefully they'l say the same. i'll let youze know how it goes.

cheers fokes, be in touch

Tank

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No arguments here - just lively discussions. :argue:

Argument... wot argument? :boink:

i was only joking, jeeez! haha

hey fokes, garage told me the problem.

Just a really worn and old transmission on my landy, the hardy splicer or whatever it is is worn and has a slight rattle which would be causing the knock. 500-600 pounds for a gear box rebuild so im just gonna live with it.

and today ive spent all day trying to get my high gear transmission thing back into high range coz it slips out if i put it into low range then back into high, its a baaasterd like!

but i think thats all people, cheers for the input.

may drop in 4 a chat some time Buster.

Laterz

T

Hardy spicer is the propshaft UJ you can replace all 4 for about £20. and its a simple job to DIY