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Slight clonk from N/s/r sometimes when changing gear


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Hi Folks,

For the past few days when i have been out in the car i have noticed now and again a slight clonk from N/S/R sometimes when changing gear and upon acceleration, had a look under the car and checked output shafts from the diff and the output shaft to the  N/S has about 1/8 of a inch backlash the O/S has no play, iam sure this is the problem, does this mean a recon diff? any thoughts please.

Regards

Michael

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Okay, but when the backlash is in the diff, it's unusual for it to be one side only, that's why I asked about half shafts.  Hoping someone more knowledgeable will be along soon. 

Nigel

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49 minutes ago, Nigel Triumph said:

Okay, but when the backlash is in the diff, it's unusual for it to be one side only, that's why I asked about half shafts.  Hoping someone more knowledgeable will be along soon. 

Nigel

Could be the flange nut has worked loose?

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I would concentrate on the near side with the 1/8” clearance (which is not much if measured on the OD of the flanges by the way) so it could well be something different.

Waldi

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Hi 

Managed to get the car on a lift today and on further inspection i found the problem is excess wear in the outer u/j, i did not think it would be  this as these are new uprated drive shafts which have done 4000 miles so sadly another bad parts problem.

Thanks for your imput

Michael

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Michael -

Out of interest had you greased the new UJ since having fitted it?  I found that with UJs it is best to grease them using a powered grease gun - pneumatic or in my case a cordless battery Ryobi one - I had previously used a manual pumped grease gun for the UJs on my Land-Rover, and particularly with new UJs which tend to have hardened grease inside I found that the grease would only squirt out of 2 of the 4 needle bearing caps...with obvious consequences later...With the powered one grease is more liberally fed throughout the UJ cruciform.

Hoping the replacement goes better for you - annoying!

Mark

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