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Car Forum / Land Rover Cars / October 2006Clonking
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 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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > Any ideas welcome ( even stupid ones ! lol ) Rear shock absorber top bushes? Richard  Signaturewww.beamends-lrspares.co.uk sales@beamends-lrspares.co.uk www.radioparadise.com - Good Music, No Vine Lib Dems - Townies keeping comedy alive >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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > >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. > >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 [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > could be moving side to side in them. Have you tightened them properly?, also toss that beer bottle out of the back. :-) Martin > 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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > 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. SignatureEMB > 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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > 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 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 >> 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 [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > of fibreglass insulating rod for an electric fence. > John thanks for the suggestions, gong to try them all tonight , any one know what the u bolts should be torque up to ? thanks Paul >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! :) > >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 Signaturewww.beamends-lrspares.co.uk sales@beamends-lrspares.co.uk www.radioparadise.com - Good Music, No Vine Lib Dems - Townies keeping comedy alive >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 ;-) >> 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. SignatureEMB >> 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 :-) o0hex0o@googlemail.com <o0hex0o@googlemail.com> 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 [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > 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 |
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