So I made alignment marks between the front and rear prop shafts and their fixing to the IRD and rear axle flanges, but the issue I now have is that having separated the VCU from both the front and rear shafts I cannot see any reference marks to enable me to refit the front and rear shafts back...

Interesting. Is there a way of diagnosing this as I have tried bouncing the vehicle by standing on the drivers side cill, but am unable to get any noise. No roll pin in the bush mount on either side, but I did use a 5mm drill bit as a locator when I refitted the rear bushing.

Do post back as I am curious as to whether you find the culprit.

It's not exactly a knocking sound. It's so difficult to describe. It's a mixture of a knock with a bit of graunch thrown in. I suspect that doesn't really help.

I think I'll leave that one. I will have a look at the TRE tomorrow and I might even drop the shock out for a look. I will also just double check the lower engine mount on the drivers side.

The noise started a few months ago. We had no work done prior to that, so I can't point the finger. The noise is driving me bloody nuts, especially, considering a local Land Rover company charged me £70 to diagnose worn front wishbone bushes as the source of the problem. That was £70 down...

I always thought CV joints only knocked when cornering. This has been mentioned before, but I have not investigated further as the knock I am getting is only on straight lines when I hit a pot hole? Not done TRE yet. Can these come loose? I have jacked the vehicle up and tried moving the...

Well. I can report that having changed both wishbones today, the noise is still present. Arghhhhhhhhhhhh! So that's drop links and wishbones replaced, but the horrid clunking noise is still there.

|Ok, thanks. I'll send them both back and get a matching pair.

Ordered 2 FAI wishbones off ebay and one of them arrived with a split ball joint gator and was badly dented by the front bushing. The ebay seller thought bubble wrap would suffice. I just wondered whether I can fit the good FAI one and then pick up one from eurocarparts tomorrow for the...

That is a valid point. I always though that to push a stand over with a vehicle weight sitting on top of it would be difficult to do. My theory is that to push a vehicle over will require the stand to rise slightly as a result of having a triangular base? I need to remove the propshaft.

Like many home mechanics, the biggest challenge when working under the vehicle is the lack of height. I am not a fan of working under the vehicle as although I always use axle stands I do keep thinking "what if ..." whilst I lay underneath a 2 tonne vehicle. I have to do some driveshaft work...

Just wondering whether it's worth replacing the UJ's when replacing the 2 prop carrier bearings or am I opening a can of worms trying to replace them? Is replacing prop carrier bearings rather straight forward. The Rave manual seems to indicate the process is relatively simple, but I just want...

I didn't want to have to do that, but in the end that is what I did.

That was my assumption too, but when I queried whether this would be the case I was told no. I could understand a charge if I took it in, got told what was wrong and then took it away without then doing any work.

Ok. Fair enough. I thought that as a result of me giving them work to replace anti roll bar bushings, central prop carrier bearings that a diagnosis charge would not apply. I'll be honest and say never in my whole time have I been charged to have a problem diagnosed. I'll bear this in mind...

Took the Freelander to a garage today as I could not identify what a knocking noise was. Before I took the car in I explicitly made it clear that I was happy for work to be done, but I didn't want them randomly replacing parts on a whim that they then fix it. They said "we don't do that sir...

When the weather is better, I'll start taking things off and checking them. I could not find anything with play in it yesterday, but given the weight of the vehicle I suspect it has to have really gone to find anything.

There is no knocking noise when cornering, which is why I don't think it is the CV joint. It might just be a case of changing parts until I get lucky as it is very difficult to diagnose. I think the next part I will replace is the wishbone as that would seem like the most likely culprit. I...

I did wonder if it was the bush mount on the wishbone. I took this off a few weeks back expecting to see worn rubber like you get with a buggered rear diff mount, but visually I could not see anything. I even attached a GoPro using magnets to the underneath of the vehicle expecting to see...