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V8MoneyPit:
With that type of symptom, I would still look at the A frame ball joint as suggested by Andy.

But if you have more than, say, 10 degrees of flange rotation, something is getting quite worn. It's highly unlikely to go bang though, unless you give it some serious stick.

Tommo:
10 degrees???

surely ever landy over 15 yrs old has at least 1/4 of a turn!

MuddyMike:
As in the old joke.
Q. Whats the Amber traffic light for?
A. To allow Land Rover drivers to take up slack.

If it aint broke don't fix it.

Mike

Landy Andy:
A knock can be caused  by the two bars that go from rear axle to body when the bolts are loose. (sorry don't know technical name). Noise is particularly noticeable when going from forward to reverse or opposite.

I think i will stop there as i have confused myself...

Andy

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: Tommo on May 13, 2008, 20:48:48 ---10 degrees???

surely ever landy over 15 yrs old has at least 1/4 of a turn!

--- End quote ---

 :lol: Yes, indeed!

But as I said, even with quite significant wear, it's unlikely to go bang. The things are so over engineered. Last night, I pulled the transfer box off the gearbox. The splines on both the gearbox output shaft and the input gear in the transfer box were almost worn right through! Both sets of splines had only about 1mm left! And it was still driving.

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