Mud-club
Vehicle & Technical => Discovery => Topic started by: tjsj on February 23, 2006, 20:07:45
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Hi there I found a disco which i may be getting and he says that there is a clunk when taking up drive. Am I right in saying that this is the spline and if so is it easy to fit a new one and how much will it cost??
Cheers :o :lol:
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both my disco's have done this, i think its cos there is a slight ammount of play in the drive train, i.e. the prop will always have a minimal ammount of play no matter how good a mechanic you are. All depends on how heavy and loud and the force of the clunk.
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Its supposed to be the splined shaft between the gearbox and transfer box, theres a modified one available from somewhere that has a drilling to allow oil to the plines to lubricate them. Mines been doing it for 3 years now. Shortly changing to an auto and changing transfer box for a newer one so hopefully it will cure it.
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If its a high milage truck there can be play built up all through the driveline from the hub flanges (front only on the disco) to the spiders, pinion lash, t-case and t-case input flange (which was an issue).
Mines been clunking since I've owned it, going on 5 years now, and so far still goes. It all depends on how bad / hard it is.
I believe it's a pretty big job to change the input shaft.
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only worry if the heater dont work
everything else is easy to change
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:D its not that big job to do go to the pto cover on the transvere box and you can check there but it could also be the rear ball joint :D this gives a simmilar clunking noise :roll: have you tryed putting into neutrall for a few split seconds befor engaging gear i do on my auto and this seems to prevent the clunking to a degree gives the box a chance to catch-up/slow down for the other components that are still turning