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Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 14:00
by apjoe18
Everytime i go around right handers theres a knocking coming from the rear of the van, sounds like knock....knock...knock. i was thinking cv joints but Ive checked and theres no play in them, what else do you guys think it could be? it does it more under acceleration out of the bend.
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 14:08
by spet25
have you run over anyone??
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 14:20
by Ian Hulley
Exhaust silencer catching ? You don't mention which engine you have
Rear wheel bearings ? Loose wheel nuts ?
Ian.
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 14:55
by jamesc76
tin of beans in a cupbord ??
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 15:03
by Ian Hulley
jamesc76 wrote:tin of beans in a cupbord ??
Daft lad !
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 15:16
by 1664
Not as daft as it seems. I heard a 'clunk' every time I accelerated and decelerated in my old camper; looked high and low for the reason - turned out to be a can of kronenbourg rolling from side to side in the bottom of fridge
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 19:08
by apjoe18
Ive not ran over anyone recently no, its not the zorst as ive just changed it. sorry its a 2.0 air cooled manual. not wheel bearings or wheel nuts, checked them. and its deffinately mechanical not food stuffs hehe
. I can only think it might be the cv joints. not a problem to change em its just i didnt want to buy any if it wasnt that, was hoping someone had heard anything similar. cheers for the help so far
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 20 Jan 2009, 22:15
by 4gearwonder
Hiya,
Knocking sounds from rear when going around corners? Yep, heard that one before cos our van does the same too!
Had the van 3 years now and everytime its gone through the mot, but never had any cautionaries regarding CV joints, so assume either they must be ok, or it's something else but can't be that serious we'd assume!?
Sorry can't offer anything
more then that, just to let you know though there's other vans out doing the same thing!
Cheers.
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 21 Jan 2009, 07:06
by apjoe18
well if i find a cure ill let you know what it was! thanks for the support, glad its not only mine!
Re: Strange clunking from rear end
Posted: 21 Jan 2009, 11:47
by thegamwellsmythes
Ours does the same when we are coming off roundabouts and I've got my foot down. I've currently cured it by not putting my foot down coming off roundabouts.
We took her into Steve Shaw at Gasure who says it needs a new diff bearing. It sounds like quite a big job involving the gearbox coming out, but it isn't something that is urgent, so we're just considering when to have it done.
It could be the same thing.
Good luck with it.