I am confused I always thought you should not put the rears onto they front because they go threepenny bit shape, having read a a good number of posts its seems the common advice is put the new ones on the back and the backs to the front. Going to get 2 new fronts this week so would like to be...

Hi all, sorry for delay, offside front drive shaft changed got a euro gkn recon as advised (see I do listen), vcu checked 32s, 4 times on the run, done abt 80mls since all seems well at the mo, fingers crossed. re rolling road yes he does do as ppl said just I had not noticed. thank to...

Just re-read the thread particularly madmustang #13 and Nodge #14 when I leave my drive I have a short run to end f road to the main road junction. the approach to it is a short ( 6 cars length ) downhill abt 30deg at the main road which is agian down hill lft to right, I am waiting for...

yes could well be front and back because i was convinced there was a quiet clicking.knock in rear b4 this noisy event happened also thanks for info re parts, didn't realise eurparts caan supply recon GKN, I presume you mean refurbed by gkn, not GKN old part refurbed by x?

Grumpygel, as you can see limited knowledge at this end. As I understood it the IRD is driven by the gearbox and in turn drives the front and rear diffs so even with a 2 wheel drive you need a 1/2 functioning IRD and the IRD essentially contains the front diff mechanism So I think what you...

Nodge, thanks, just googled Bell not too far from Newport, show my ignorance again I assume there is no way to tell if pinion gears are damaged without removing ird, and for learning purposes why if they are damaged do you need a blanking plate ie what does it blank. Is there are hardy spicer...

at last I have a slot going in tomorrow. Going to ask them to do VCU test 1st (will suppl 1.5m piece of wood and some water filled bottles at 5kg. My limited knowledge of the 4 wheel drive thinks that if vcu ok fair chance the ird shd be ok, is that a reasonable assumption ( don't do any off...

will ask him does he do it and if not why not

ta, will ask my MOT guy

sorry lost me there, are you saying two wheel rolling road and you set the sides to operate opposite directions?

trying to get a slot in garage abd test drive let you know what he thinks

the louder noise to me is definitely from the front left and sounds just like a duff cv on a normal car, can the ird/prop shaft just cause this to happen on one wheel. Limited knowledge here reason I say change drive shaft is to eliminate inner/outer cv diagnosis, do both at once, might even be...

Thanks both just checked the tech manual on rave cd but it wasn't in there, it was a LR spec sheet I found on the web and it advised 70k , anyway happy with what you are telling me. in the tech spec section it tells you if it is being towed with two wheels up off road the relevant part of prop...

I was always told that you should never put the rears on the front as they can have the threepenny bit profile and cause vibration, but in light of what you say i will try that next time. when you say early demise it had done 110 k and I did read somewhere LR recommend 70K.

Started off as in left hand turns with a 70-90 degree ( but not tight) at speeds around 30, I was getting a quiet "muffled" knock lifting my foot stopped it, seemed to be in rear. Now is quite a loud clunking sound and reversing into a parking bay also causes the same, and it does it again when...

Item B, is a thought because haven't a clue how you sort if it is inner or outer joint clicking

ok stops working, finally gave up the ghost whatever. re your comment I have had vehicle from new in 2000, ALWAYS kept it with four identical tyres usually replace the fronts only in between a full change of 4.

if you ready reply above you will see i said i had just found it, on youtube, via google ok. re porkies no one told me I was driving and I said it damaged the IRD, btw if it stops working it is BROKEN, that doesn't mean shattered into a million pieces

Ta, just found his video, he actually does it with weights from 3-12kg??? thanks both

Hi, realise it is an old thread but is exactly the problem I have however sometimes sounds like the front other times the rear Qs A) Can you test them either on jacks or by driving manoeuvres B) is it best to change drive shaft C) Oem out of Q, Bearmach about £100, but can find them at 1/2...